Line break inside a paragraph
In the original Word file for Powell00 (5-10-17-conversions.zip), there’s a paragraph that contains a line break in it: <w:br/>
This comes between the very last line of the paragraph and the rest of it (between “...scholarly speculation about” and ““interpolated” non-genuine...”. It’s invisible in the original Word file, unless you change the font size of the paragraph, in which case you can see the paragraph reflow but preserve the break.
When it goes through XSweet, the break is preserved where it originally is:
...of scholarly speculation about <br class="br" />“interpolated” non-genuine portions of the Homeric and Hesiodic poems. </p>
Right now, breaks don't go through Typescript, so it's simply dropped. But what might cause a line break to show up inside a paragraph in a Word file in the first place? Any ideas?
Here’s the paragraph from the original Word file xml:
<w:p w14:paraId="749A5FF6" w14:textId="77777777" w:rsidR="00687B92" w:rsidRPr="008B5A47" w:rsidRDefault="00687B92" w:rsidP="00687B92">
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<w:spacing w:line="480" w:lineRule="auto"/>
<w:rPr>
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</w:rPr>
</w:pPr>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="008B5A47">
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:tab/>
<w:t xml:space="preserve">It is common to speak of “rhapsodic interpolations” in examining ancient texts, but they were probably uncommon, at least in archaic literature. A rhapsode may make up verses to suit his pleasure, but unless they are written down in the tradition that becomes canonical, that is copied and recopied, they do not survive. Therefore the texts of Homer and Hesiod that we possess </w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t>must be</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="008B5A47">
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t xml:space="preserve"> substantially the texts that these poets composed, recorded by dictation in the </w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t>eighth c</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="008B5A47">
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t>entury BC at the dawn of alphabetic literacy. Of course such texts are liable to the usual distortions that come from copying and recopying, but these distortions are always minor and do not affect the main narrative</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t xml:space="preserve">, in spite of an inordinate amount of scholarly speculation about
</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:br/>
<w:t>“interpolated” non-genuine portions of the Homeric and Hesiodic poems
</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r w:rsidRPr="008B5A47">
<w:rPr>
<w:rFonts w:ascii="Times New Roman" w:hAnsi="Times New Roman" w:cs="Times New Roman"/>
</w:rPr>
<w:t xml:space="preserve">. </w:t>
</w:r>
</w:p>