--- woman-24.el	2012-07-09 12:07:42.000000000 +1000
+++ woman.el	2012-07-31 10:16:26.000000000 +1000
@@ -3588,7 +3588,7 @@
       (let (n)
 	(forward-char)
 	(setq n (woman-parse-numeric-arg))
-	(skip-syntax-forward " ")
+	(skip-syntax-forward " " (line-end-position))
 	(if (eq (following-char) ?\))
 	    (forward-char)
 	  (WoMan-warn "Parenthesis confusion in numeric expression!"))
@@ -3640,7 +3640,7 @@
 			(buffer-substring
 			 (point)
 			 (line-end-position)))
-	    (skip-syntax-forward "^ ")
+	    (skip-syntax-forward "^ " (line-end-position))
 	    0)
 	(goto-char (match-end 0))
 	;; Check for scale factor: