diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
index 737150a7..d838de40 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.c
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static const char *FindReplacementChars(Translator *tr, const char **pfrom, unsi
 					nmatched++;
 			}
 
-			if (*from == 0 && matched) {
+			if (matched) {
 				*ignore_next_n = nmatched;
 				return from + 1;
 			}
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c b/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
index cfad6d39..2cc6551c 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translateword.c
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ static int CheckDottedAbbrev(char *word1)
 					nbytes += 2; // delete the final dot (eg. u.s.a.'s)
 					ok = 2;
 				}
-			} else if ((count > 0) && (word[nbytes] == ' '))
+			} else if ((count > 0))
 				ok = 2;
 		}