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1. The Hobbit was written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937.
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2. The Hobbit was written by
<nobr>J. R. R. Tolkien<nobr> in 1937.
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3. The Hobbit was written by
<span style="white-space: nowrap">J. R. R. Tolkien</span>
in 1937.
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4. The Hobbit was written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937.
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The nobr element prevents the browser from inserting a line break.
Non-standard Use style="white-space: nowrap" instead.
In this example, we want to prevent the browser from inserting a line break in the author's name.
A live example:
1. The Hobbit was written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937.
2. The Hobbit was written by
3. The Hobbit was written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937.
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