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<h4 class="subsection">14.3.2 Ending a Sentence</h4>

<p><a name="index-Ending-a-Sentence-666"></a><a name="index-Sentence-ending-punctuation-667"></a>
<a name="index-g_t_002e--_0040r_007b_0028end-of-sentence_0029_007d-668"></a><a name="index-g_t_0021-_0040r_007b_0028end-of-sentence_0029_007d-669"></a><a name="index-g_t_003f-_0040r_007b_0028end-of-sentence_0029_007d-670"></a>Use <code>@.</code> instead of a period, <code>@!</code> instead of an
exclamation point, and <code>@?</code> instead of a question mark at the end
of a sentence that ends with a capital letter.  Otherwise, TeX
will think the letter is an abbreviation and will not insert the correct
end-of-sentence spacing.  Here is an example:

<pre class="example">     Give it to M.I.B. and to M.E.W@.  Also, give it to R.J.C@.
     Give it to M.I.B. and to M.E.W.  Also, give it to R.J.C.
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  <p class="noindent">produces

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Give it to M.I.B. and to M.E.W.  Also, give it to R.J.C.<br>
Give it to M.I.B. and to M.E.W.  Also, give it to R.J.C. 
</blockquote>

  <p>In the Info file output, <code>@.</code> is equivalent to a simple
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">.</span></samp>&rsquo;; likewise for <code>@!</code> and <code>@?</code>.

  <p>The meanings of <code>@:</code> and <code>@.</code> in Texinfo are designed to
work well with the Emacs sentence motion commands (see <a href="../emacs/Sentences.html#Sentences">Sentences</a>).

  <p>Do not put braces after any of these commands.

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