re : TeX grammar question

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From: James Petts
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:28

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The reason is that TeX has two types of control sequences: control words
and control symbols. Symbols consist of a backslash (or whatever you
have defined your escape character to be, and one other single character.
Control words on the other hand, consist of a backslash and a series of
characters terminated by a space or another control sequence. When
TeX sees the space it gobbles it up and uses it as a flag to indicate that
the control world has ended. To avoid this, use a control space (\<space>)
or an empty group ({}) immediately after \TeX

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