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[groff] 21/26: doc/groff.texi: Slightly recast.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 21/26: doc/groff.texi: Slightly recast. |
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Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:04:30 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit bfe003d6531ce056deeb4a134b8126d773bbe665
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 13 09:07:50 2021 +1100
doc/groff.texi: Slightly recast.
---
doc/groff.texi | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index a54c91a..5b67410 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -4780,11 +4780,11 @@ Welcome to groff.
@cindex space between sentences
@cindex French spacing
GNU @code{troff} does this by flagging certain characters (normally
-@samp{!}, @samp{?}, and @samp{.}) as @dfn{end-of-sentence} characters;
-when GNU @code{troff} encounters one of these characters at the end of a
-line, or one of them is followed by two spaces on the same input line,
-it appends an inter-word space followed by an inter-sentence space in
-the formatted output.
+@samp{!}, @samp{?}, and @samp{.}) as potentially ending a sentence.
+When GNU @code{troff} encounters one of these @dfn{end-of-sentence
+characters} at the end of a line, or one of them is followed by two
+spaces on the same input line, it appends an inter-word space followed
+by an inter-sentence space in the formatted output.
@Example
R. Harper subscribes to a maxim of P. T. Barnum.
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