Marco Cimarosti scripsit:
> The issue is making the error window as narrow as possible. My assumption is
> that is common words such as "c'", "d'", "j'", "l'", "n'", "qu'", "s'", "t'"
> or "v'" are more common than edge cases like "prud'homme".
How about this heuristic:
Break after an apostrophe that is the second or third letter in the
word. Do not break after apostrophes that come later. This neatly
handles (I think) all the English, Italian, and Esperanto cases, and
a good many of the French ones.
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