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<h4 class="subsection">14.3.2 Not Ending a Sentence</h4>

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<p>Depending on whether a period or exclamation point or question mark is
inside or at the end of a sentence, slightly less or more space is
inserted after a period in a typeset manual.  Since it is not always
possible to determine automatically when a period ends a sentence,
special commands are needed in some circumstances.  Usually, Texinfo
can guess how to handle periods, so you do not need to use the special
commands; you just enter a period as you would if you were using a
typewriter: put two spaces after the period, question mark, or
exclamation mark that ends a sentence.
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<p>Use the <code>@:</code> command after a period, question mark,
exclamation mark, or colon that should not be followed by extra space.
For example, use <code>@:</code> after periods that end (lowercase)
abbreviations which are not at the ends of sentences.
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<p>Also, when a parenthetical remark in the middle of a sentence (like
this one!) ends with a period, exclamation point, or question mark,
<code>@:</code> should be used after the right parenthesis.  Similarly for
right brackets and right quotes (both single and double).
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foo vs. bar (or?) baz
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foo vs. bar (or?) baz
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sentence, and no extra space is inserted.
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