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Should John Smith, Jr., van der Berg Prof. read title 'Prof.' as John Smith, Jr., Prof. does? #636

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@derek73

Since #603, a title word in a part past the second comma reads as a title (rules.md#C2). A trailing period-marked title behind a particle in that part doesn't, because the particle chain takes it first:

Input Today
John Smith, Jr., Prof. title 'Prof.', suffix 'Jr.'
John Smith, Jr., van der Berg Prof. suffix 'Jr., van der Berg Prof.'
John Smith, Jr., Freiherr von Richthofen title 'Freiherr', suffix 'Jr., von Richthofen'

1.4.0 reads suffix 'Jr., van der Berg Prof.' too. This is the tail-part twin of #623, which fixed the same thing in a family comma's given part by bounding the chain with _pieces.trailing_run_start. #623's review found it by applying that bound at every site: 2,872 generated tail-part inputs moved.

Question: does C2's title reading reach a trailing title behind a particle in a tail part? The input is garbage-adjacent (a particle surname after the suffix comma), so "no, leave it" is a fair answer.

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  1. added this to the 2.4 milestone on Oct 11, 2026
  2. self-assigned this
    on Oct 11, 2026
  3. added 5 commits that reference this issue on Oct 11, 2026
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