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   Message 137,239 of 137,311   
   Bernard Peek to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: AKICIF: Capitalizing Book Titles   
   20 Jan 26 16:16:26   
   
   From: bap@shrdlu.com   
      
   On 2026-01-20, Lynn McGuire  wrote:   
   > On 1/16/2026 10:31 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> In 2010, the Academia Real EspaƱola declared that 'ch' and 'll' were no   
   >> longer letters in their own right, but digraphs (like 'ph' in English).   
   >> As such words with 'ch' would be alphabetized after 'cg' and before   
   >> 'ci', and those with 'll' would have that between 'lk' and 'lm'.   
   > ...   
   >> (The rule about two spaces between sentences seems to have fallen by the   
   >> wayside years ago.)   
   >   
   > I ignore many rules in life and keep on using two spaces between each   
   > sentence.  Like this.  And this.   
      
   It's not normally a problem. When I have had to import raw text into another   
   system I filter out double-spaces and double CR/LF characters where that has   
   been used to indicate end of a paragraph.   
      
      
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   Bernard Peek   
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