How to remove whitespace after abbreviations

Question

How can I remove unwanted white-space present when using macros from the abbrevs package?

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{abbrevs}
\begin{document}
Socretes (470-399\BC) annoyed Aristophanes. % gives (470-399 B.C. ) not (470-399 B.C.)
\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SE. abbrevs is an 'aged' package and seems a little bit peculiar. Have you checked the \nospacelist macro in order to get rid of the space? I also suggest to switch to glossaries or acro or acronym packages rather — , Jun 25 '17 at 20:50
@ChristianHupfer The strange thing is, this also happens if ) is in the \nospacelist. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Jun 25 '17 at 20:52
Even more important than getting rid of the unwanted space: Fixing the spelling of poor old Socrates... :-) — Mico, Jun 26 '17 at 03:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '17 at 20:51

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Workaround:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{abbrevs}
\begin{document}
Socretes (470-399\BC.) annoyed Aristophanes. % gives (470-399 B.C. ) not (470-399 B.C.)
\end{document}

answered Jun 25 '17 at 20:51

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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Socrates or Socretes? – Mico Jun 26 '17 at 04:11
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@Mico This is probably the evil twin brother. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jun 26 '17 at 08:16

How to remove whitespace after abbreviations

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