General ⇒ Eliminating the space produced by {} when preceding text

[gkamel]

Is there a way to eliminate the space caused by an empty set of braces, {}, e.g.:

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{}Some text...

I need the text to be flush against the left margin. Unfortunately:

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\begin{flushleft}{}Some text...\end{flushleft}

would not work in my case, as the text is situated in columns using the package, parcolumns, so using flushleft here messes up the columns. If the command needs to be placed within the empty braces, this would be fine. One thing I thought of is to use a kind of negative \phantom, if such a command exists.

Thanks a lot,

George

[Juanjo]

Why do you put there a pair of braces? Simply write

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\begin{flushleft}Some text...\end{flushleft}

[gkamel]

Ahh, I just realised the space was being caused by a carriage return after the braces rather than from the braces themselves

The reason why the braces are there is a little long-winded to explain, but anyhow, the problem is solved. Thanks for the reply, nonetheless.