diff --git a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/htmlcheck/impl/HTMLCheckerImpl.java b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/htmlcheck/impl/HTMLCheckerImpl.java
index 16565f6..8edfa11 100644
--- a/src/com/silverwrist/venice/htmlcheck/impl/HTMLCheckerImpl.java
+++ b/src/com/silverwrist/venice/htmlcheck/impl/HTMLCheckerImpl.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
  * language governing rights and limitations under the License.
  * 
- * The Original Code is the Venice Web Community System.
+ * The Original Code is the Venice Web Communities System.
  * 
  * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Eric J. Bowersox <erbo@silcom.com>,
  * for Silverwrist Design Studios.  Portions created by Eric J. Bowersox are
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class HTMLCheckerImpl implements HTMLChecker, HTMLCheckerBackend, RewriterServic
   private void emitFromStartOfTempBuffer(int nchars)
   {
     if (nchars<=0)
-      return;
+      return;  // can't emit less than 1 character!
 
     if ((config.getWordWrapLength()>0) && (nobreak_count<=0))
     { // we can output the line break anywhere in the subsequence...
@@ -415,12 +415,16 @@ class HTMLCheckerImpl implements HTMLChecker, HTMLCheckerBackend, RewriterServic
 	if (curlen>remaining_space)
 	  curlen = remaining_space;
 
-	// output those characters
-	emitString(temp_buffer.substring(0,curlen),config.getOutputFilters(),true);
-	temp_buffer.delete(0,curlen);
-	nchars -= curlen;
+	// EJB 10/2/2001 - only output if we have something to output (and there is space for it)
+	if (curlen>0)
+	{ // output those characters
+	  emitString(temp_buffer.substring(0,curlen),config.getOutputFilters(),true);
+	  temp_buffer.delete(0,curlen);
+	  nchars -= curlen;
 
-	if (columns==config.getWordWrapLength())
+	} // end if
+
+	if (columns>=config.getWordWrapLength())  // EJB 10/2/2001 - might be greater
 	  emitLineBreak();  // and line break us to get to the next line
 
       } // end while
@@ -750,7 +754,7 @@ class HTMLCheckerImpl implements HTMLChecker, HTMLCheckerBackend, RewriterServic
 		i++;
 		break;
 		
-	      case '\r':    // compress 1 or more \r's followe by optional \n to a single \n
+	      case '\r':    // compress 1 or more \r's followed by optional \n to a single \n
 		if (   (i==(str.length()-1))
 		    || ((str.charAt(i+1)!='\r') && (str.charAt(i+1)!='\n')))
 		  temp_buffer.append('\n');
@@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ class HTMLCheckerImpl implements HTMLChecker, HTMLCheckerBackend, RewriterServic
 		i++;
 		break;
 
-	      case '\\':  // backslash processing is complext - shift to ST_CHARS state to handle it
+	      case '\\':  // backslash processing is complex - shift to ST_CHARS state to handle it
 		doFlushWhitespace();
 		state = ST_CHARS;
 		break;