Martin Holmes wrote:
>
> I think I'd use <phr> here (or possibly <seg>):
>
> <phr><w>of</w> <w>course</w></phr>
>
> Wouldn't that make more sense? "Word" is notoriously difficult to 
> define, but we tend to know it when we encounter it (much like 
> "syllable"); I've never thought of "of course" as a word, and I don't 
> think many people would.
>
>   
You're entitled to your opinion! My point was simply that the <w> tag 
doesn't require others to share it, in this case -- if you *want* to 
treat a sequence of strings which includes whitespace as a single 
lexical item, then <w> can be used for the purpose. Hence the phrase 
"not necessarily orthographic" in its definition. As elsewhere, the TEI 
is agnostic on the wisdom of particular cases.