Index: gc_core/js/lang_core/gc_engine.js
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--- gc_core/js/lang_core/gc_engine.js
+++ gc_core/js/lang_core/gc_engine.js
@@ -911,10 +911,15 @@
         }
         else if (sWhat === "␣") {
             // merge tokens
             this.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["nMergeUntil"] = nTokenRewriteEnd;
         }
+        else if (sWhat.startsWith("␣")) {
+            sWhat = this._expand(sWhat, nTokenOffset, nLastToken);
+            this.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["nMergeUntil"] = nTokenRewriteEnd;
+            this.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["sMergedValue"] = sWhat.slice(1);
+        }
         else if (sWhat === "_") {
             // neutralized token
             if (nTokenRewriteEnd - nTokenRewriteStart == 0) {
                 this.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["sNewValue"] = "_";
             } else {
@@ -981,10 +986,15 @@
                     if (bDebug) {
                         console.log("  MERGED TOKEN: " + oMergingToken["sValue"]);
                     }
                     oToken["bMerged"] = true;
                     bKeepToken = false;
+                    if (iToken == nMergeUntil && oMergingToken.hasOwnProperty("sMergedValue")) {
+                        oMergingToken["sValue"] = oMergingToken["sMergedValue"];
+                        let sSpaceFiller = " ".repeat(oToken["nEnd"] - oMergingToken["nStart"] - oMergingToken["sMergedValue"].length);
+                        this.sSentence = this.sSentence.slice(0, oMergingToken["nStart"]) + oMergingToken["sMergedValue"] + sSpaceFiller + this.sSentence.slice(oToken["nEnd"]);
+                    }
                 }
                 if (oToken.hasOwnProperty("nMergeUntil")) {
                     if (iToken > nMergeUntil) { // this token is not already merged with a previous token
                         oMergingToken = oToken;
                     }

Index: gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
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--- gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
+++ gc_core/py/lang_core/gc_engine.py
@@ -794,10 +794,14 @@
                 for i in range(nTokenRewriteStart, nTokenRewriteEnd+1):
                     self.lTokens[i]["bToRemove"] = True
         elif sWhat == "␣":
             # merge tokens
             self.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["nMergeUntil"] = nTokenRewriteEnd
+        elif sWhat.startswith("␣"):
+            sWhat = self._expand(sWhat, nTokenOffset, nLastToken)
+            self.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["nMergeUntil"] = nTokenRewriteEnd
+            self.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["sMergedValue"] = sWhat[1:]
         elif sWhat == "_":
             # neutralized token
             if nTokenRewriteEnd - nTokenRewriteStart == 0:
                 self.lTokens[nTokenRewriteStart]["sNewValue"] = "_"
             else:
@@ -846,10 +850,14 @@
                     dTokenMerger["nEnd"] = dToken["nEnd"]
                     if bDebug:
                         echo("  MERGED TOKEN: " + dTokenMerger["sValue"])
                     dToken["bMerged"] = True
                     bKeepToken = False
+                    if iToken == nMergeUntil and "sMergedValue" in dTokenMerger:
+                        dTokenMerger["sValue"] = dTokenMerger["sMergedValue"]
+                        sSpaceFiller = " " * (dToken["nEnd"] - dTokenMerger["nStart"] - len(dTokenMerger["sMergedValue"]))
+                        self.sSentence = self.sSentence[:dTokenMerger["nStart"]] + dTokenMerger["sMergedValue"] + sSpaceFiller + self.sSentence[dToken["nEnd"]:]
                 if "nMergeUntil" in dToken:
                     # first token to be merge with
                     if iToken > nMergeUntil: # this token is not to be merged with a previous token
                         dTokenMerger = dToken
                     if dToken["nMergeUntil"] > nMergeUntil: