French: France, Switzerland and Canada

Decide what the text is meant to follow

• Which French regional convention applies to this text?
• Is the separator ordinary, nonbreaking or narrow nonbreaking?
• Is a colon part of a numeric/technical token or prose punctuation?

Interpret the example in context

The current engine distinguishes Canadian French handling of semicolon, exclamation and question-mark spacing from its other French high-punctuation checks. Review the exact finding and source convention; do not remove all spaces before punctuation using an English-prose rule.

Inspect the current plugin model

These fields describe the built-in plugin defaults. Read Language & rules for the policy actually used in your inspection; a custom team profile can differ. The defaults are not a universal style guide and do not promise equal rule coverage. Expand a specific locale to compare its expectations.

Use the language evidence deliberately

1. Check paragraph-language attributes, intended publication convention and actual active policy.
2. Inspect representative text and read the resolved language and coverage in the panel.
3. Review complete quotations, numeric source values and relevant line boundaries before any edit.
4. Apply intended policy changes and inspect again. Retain intentional source differences and obtain competent language review where needed.

Review the relevant topics

Continue with the current workflow

• 12. Language policy and locale reference
• 24. Typography policy, protected profiles and semantic evidence

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