# Markdown Parser Altering Quoted Text

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-parser-altering-quoted-text/55198>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 5, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-parser-altering-quoted-text/55198 "2017-01-05T04:27:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-parser-altering-quoted-text/55198/3 "2017-01-05T21:12:12Z")

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This is one of my biggest gripes about Markdown. Put a backslash between the number and the period to disable that.

`2001. A year for a *Space Odyssey*`

1. A year for a _Space Odyssey_

`2001\. A year for a *Space Odyssey*`

2001. A year for a _Space Odyssey_

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