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<head><title>Help On LaTeX \@</title></head>
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<h1><font size="-2">Hypertext Help with LaTeX</font><br><font color="#cc0000">\@</font></h1>
LaTeX normally leaves a little extra space after punctuation, such as the
period which ends a sentence.  However, it
uses a rather simple rule for determining whether a period ends a 
sentence: it assumes that periods end sentences <em>unless</em> they
follow an upper case letter. To tell LaTeX to insert extra space after
punctuation which follows an upper case letter, precede the punctuation
by   <tt>\@</tt>.
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For example:
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  <tt>It is I\@.</tt>
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would not be considered to be a sentence by LaTeX except for the <tt>\@</tt>.
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See also <a href="ltx-431.html"><tt>\&lt;space&gt;</tt></a> for the opposite case<br>
See also <A href="ltx-99.html">Line and Page Breaking</A><br> 
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 10 May 1995.
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