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    8. Rules for use of lower sign contractions

    1. Any number of lower-sign contractions and punctuation signs may follow one another without a space provided that one of them is in contact with a character containing dot 1 or dot 4.

      "(to)(dis)(en)tangle (by)re(in)-
      c(ar)n(ation)
      (con)t(in)(en)tal c(ar)n(ation)

    2. When two or more unspaced lower-sign contractions would follow one another and not be in contact with an upper sign, the last lower-sign contraction must not be used. the italic sign is not considered an upper sign.

      (com)in' (dis)en-
      (ch)ante(ed)
      con-
      c(er)n