M7: ignore ellipses in sentence capitalization proofing (#742)

Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

crates/proof/src/lib.rs

@@ -539,8 +539,12 @@ pub fn check_grammar(text: &str) -> Vec<Issue> {
             });
         }
         let tail = text.get(*b..).unwrap_or("");
-        let next_non_space = tail.trim_start_matches(['"', '”', ')', '\'']).chars().next();
-        after_end = matches!(next_non_space, Some('.' | '!' | '?')) && tail.trim_start_matches(['.', '!', '?', '"', '”', ')']).starts_with(' ');
+        let punctuation = tail.trim_start_matches(['"', '”', ')', '\'']);
+        // Two or more dots are an ellipsis, not a full stop ending a sentence.
+        // A Unicode ellipsis (U+2026) does not match sentence-ending punctuation either.
+        after_end = matches!(punctuation.chars().next(), Some('.' | '!' | '?'))
+            && !punctuation.starts_with("..")
+            && punctuation.trim_start_matches(['.', '!', '?', '"', '”', ')']).starts_with(' ');
     }
     v.sort_by_key(|i| i.start);
     v
@@ -655,6 +659,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(check_grammar("A university is an hour away.").is_empty(), "{:?}", check_grammar("A university is an hour away."));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn ellipses_do_not_start_sentences() {
+        for text in [
+            "I saw... a figure right outside.",
+            "I saw… a figure right outside.",
+            "I saw.... a figure right outside.",
+            "I saw... \"a figure\" right outside.",
+            "I saw… “a figure” right outside.",
+        ] {
+            let capitals: Vec<_> =
+                check_grammar(text).into_iter().filter(|issue| issue.message == "Capitalize the first word of a sentence").collect();
+            assert!(capitals.is_empty(), "{text}: {capitals:?}");
+        }
+
+        for text in ["I saw. a figure.", "I saw! a figure.", "I saw? a figure.", "I saw.\" a figure."] {
+            let capitals: Vec<_> =
+                check_grammar(text).into_iter().filter(|issue| issue.message == "Capitalize the first word of a sentence").collect();
+            assert_eq!(capitals.len(), 1, "{text}: {capitals:?}");
+            assert_eq!(capitals[0].suggestions, ["A"], "{text}");
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn user_dictionary_works() {
         assert!(!is_correct("zxqwordcrafty"));

docs/typing-parity.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Typing parity with Word
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** trivial (complex-script caret and Backspace, #604; Move Paragraph Up/Down, Promote/Demote, Go Back and Alt+X keys, #343; previously trivial: outline keys in Outline view, #493) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-11 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** trivial (grammar proofing: ellipses are not sentence boundaries; previously minor: pasted paragraph breaks tracked under Track Changes, kept as text in lists, #417, #422) · **Target:** Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365) for Mac 16.113.4
 
 What Word does when you type, observed black-box (same keystrokes typed into Word and
 WordCraft, results read back paragraph by paragraph) and pinned by tests in
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ Word.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-11 | trivial | Grammar proofing (not AutoCorrect) no longer suggests capitalising a sentence after `...` or `…` (`proof::tests::ellipses_do_not_start_sentences`) |
 | 2026-10-11 | minor | AutoFormat tables from `+---+`, arrow bullets, smileys inside words, undo after a border line (#546) |
 | 2026-10-11 | trivial | Outline view keys: expand/collapse, Show Level, moving and promoting with collapsed content (#493) |
 | 2026-10-11 | minor | Editing options: typing replaces selection, overtype and the Insert key (#485) |