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