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In article <jpl1.712798679@Isis.MsState.Edu> John Patrick Lestrade,
jpl1@ra.msstate.edu writes:

>>Would I type: The cat is worth much \$ today? Since TeX recognizes that 
>>there can only be one control symbol and therefore stops? It seems like
the
>>only thing possible since if you wanted this line: The bank is worth 
>>an estimated $5000.00

Yes. If the character following the backslash is a non-letter, then TeX
recongnises that it is a controls *symbol* (i.e. a single character
control
sequence) and the next space is not gobbled up.

You need to end the control sequence explicitly *only* if it is a control
*word* (i.e. begins with a letter).

Thus The cat is worth much \$\$ today will give "The cat is worth much $$
today", but The cat is worth much \$ \$ today will give "the cat is worth
much $ $ today".

James Petts