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The forum discussion addresses a common issue faced by beginners in LaTeX regarding the formatting of text and symbols. The user encountered problems with spacing and italics when typing "ionising radiation such as \alpha and \beta particles and \gamma rays". The solution involves correctly using dollar signs to denote math mode for the Greek letters while ensuring that the surrounding text remains in normal font. Proper syntax is crucial for achieving the desired output in LaTeX.

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"ionising radiation such as \alpha and \beta particles and \gamma rays" is what i have typed (without quotation marks). But when I build it the pdf output is wrong: it does put in the correct symbols, but it leaves no spaces at all from after the word "as" and puts everything after "as" in italics for some reason.
I'm totally new to this so, it's probably just something small I'm missing.
Could you show me what I should type to get the line to read normally? i.e. no italics except for the greek letters, and proper spacing.
 
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Ah, ok . That works, thanks.
 

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