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A word is a run of letters and digits, together with any accents or vowel marks written on them. Apostrophes and hyphens join a word (it's, well-known), and so does a point or comma between two digits, so 1,234.56 is one word. A sentence ends at a period, question mark, exclamation mark or ellipsis followed by a space, a line break or the end of the text; closing quotes and brackets may come in between. The marks 。！？ । and ؟ end one too, and the first three need no space after them. There is no list of abbreviations, so the period in “Dr. Smith” ends a sentence. Punctuation with no word before it is not a sentence, and a last sentence with no closing mark still counts. Paragraphs are separated by blank lines. Reading speed uses the 238 words per minute adult average for silent reading; speaking uses 150.