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Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong

John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sun, 28 February 2021 17:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] assuming that period (.) ends a sentence is sometimes wrong
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> Provided it doesn't also lose alternative Unicode whitespace characters,
> using &emsp; is an option.  In a pinch we could have an element to mark
> the end of a sentence (<s/>).

At the end of every sentence?  That's, uh, quite a stretch.  Are we sure 
this problem is worth that much effort by every author?

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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