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bug#56844: [PATCH] Refactor repunctuate-sentences to accommodate corner
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
bug#56844: [PATCH] Refactor repunctuate-sentences to accommodate corner case. |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:10:35 +0200 |
>>>>> On Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:45:05 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
>>>>> said:
Lars> André A. Gomes <andremegafone@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I'm not quite sure I understand this patch. Are you changing this to
>>> only consider punctuation that's followed by an upper-case character to
>>> be sentence-end punctuation?
>>
>> Yes.
Lars> I don't think that'll be a generally welcome change -- some people
write
Lars> using non-standard orthography. If this change is to be made, it has
to
Lars> be optional.
It doesnʼt even have to be that non-standard. Consider.
De deur sloeg open. de Valk stond in het licht.
Thatʼs pedantically incorrect, but there are many people (myself
included) who think that certain grammarians should keep quiet 😀
Robert
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