diff --git a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
index 178a64e..051e4b4 100644
--- a/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
+++ b/lib/outlook/internal_tree/raw_internal_basic.ex
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTree.RawInternalBasic do
       }
       end
     )
+    |> strip_empty_tunits()
   end
 
   def partition_inlinelevel([ %InternalNode{type: :element} = node | rest ]) do
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTree.RawInternalBasic do
 
   def partition_inlinelevel([ %InternalNode{type: :text} = textnode | rest ]) do
     content = if String.contains?(textnode.content, @splitmarker) do
-        String.split(textnode.content, @splitmarker, trim: true)
+        String.split(textnode.content, @splitmarker, trim: false)
         |> Enum.map(fn cont -> %InternalNode{textnode | content: cont} end)
       else
         textnode
@@ -89,6 +90,22 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTree.RawInternalBasic do
   def partition_inlinelevel([]), do: []
 
 
+  def strip_empty_tunits([ %TranslationUnit{content: ""} | rest]) do
+    strip_empty_tunits(rest)
+  end
+
+  def strip_empty_tunits([ %{type: :element} = node | rest]) do
+    [ %InternalNode{ node | content: strip_empty_tunits(node.content) }
+      | strip_empty_tunits(rest) ]
+  end
+
+  def strip_empty_tunits([ node | rest]) do
+    [ node | strip_empty_tunits(rest) ]
+  end
+
+  def strip_empty_tunits([]), do: []
+
+
   @doc """
     iex> chunk_with_list([1, 1, [2, 2], 3, 3, [4, 4, 4], 5, 5])
     [[1, 1, 2], [2, 3, 3, 4], [4], [4, 5, 5]]
diff --git a/test/outlook/internaltree_test.exs b/test/outlook/internaltree_test.exs
index e902766..a1ee710 100644
--- a/test/outlook/internaltree_test.exs
+++ b/test/outlook/internaltree_test.exs
@@ -133,5 +133,77 @@ defmodule Outlook.InternalTreeTest do
         }
       ]
     end
+
+    test "partition when end of sentence is 'disguised' by some markup" do
+      tree = [
+        %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+          name: "p",
+          attributes: %{},
+          type: :element,
+          nid: "oaRwUH3A2wMF",
+          content: [
+            %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+              name: "",
+              attributes: %{},
+              type: :text,
+              nid: "xep6gWMVWF1D",
+              content: "This Fit for 55 is the first time in the world that a group of countries, the EU, officially imposes an agenda to force an absurd “Zero” CO2 by 2050 and 55% less CO2 by 2030. EU Green Deal czar, Commissioner Frans Timmermans said in May, “We will strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System, update the Energy Taxation Directive, and propose new CO2 standards for cars, new energy efficiency standards for buildings, new targets for renewables, and new ways of supporting clean fuels and infrastructure for ",
+              eph: %{sibling_with: :inline}
+            },
+            %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+              name: "a",
+              attributes: %{
+                href: "https://www.politico.eu/article/fit-for-55-eu-5-things-to-know/"
+              },
+              type: :element,
+              nid: "qxCrs0csHDLI",
+              content: [
+                %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+                  name: "",
+                  attributes: %{},
+                  type: :text,
+                  nid: "2WwtRNKMc8Sp",
+                  content: "clean transport.”",
+                  eph: %{sibling_with: :inline}
+                }
+              ],
+              eph: %{sibling_with: :inline}
+            },
+            %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+              name: "",
+              attributes: %{},
+              type: :text,
+              nid: "3CKpLvIywr8G",
+              content: " In reality it will destroy the transport industry, steel, cement as well as coal and gas fuel electric generation. ",
+              eph: %{sibling_with: :inline}
+            }
+          ],
+          eph: %{sibling_with: :block}
+        }
+      ]
+      assert InternalTree.partition_text(tree) |> unify_nids_in_tunits() == [
+        %Outlook.InternalTree.InternalNode{
+          name: "p",
+          attributes: %{},
+          type: :element,
+          nid: "oaRwUH3A2wMF",
+          content: [
+            %Outlook.InternalTree.TranslationUnit{
+              status: :untranslated,
+              nid: "xxxxxx",
+              content: "This Fit for 55 is the first time in the world that a group of countries, the EU, officially imposes an agenda to force an absurd “Zero” CO2 by 2050 and 55% less CO2 by 2030. EU Green Deal czar, Commissioner Frans Timmermans said in May, “We will strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System, update the Energy Taxation Directive, and propose new CO2 standards for cars, new energy efficiency standards for buildings, new targets for renewables, and new ways of supporting clean fuels and infrastructure for <a href=\"https://www.politico.eu/article/fit-for-55-eu-5-things-to-know/\">clean transport.”</a>",
+              eph: %{}
+            },
+            %Outlook.InternalTree.TranslationUnit{
+              status: :untranslated,
+              nid: "xxxxxx",
+              content: "<a href=\"https://www.politico.eu/article/fit-for-55-eu-5-things-to-know/\"></a> In reality it will destroy the transport industry, steel, cement as well as coal and gas fuel electric generation. ",
+              eph: %{}
+            }
+          ],
+          eph: %{sibling_with: :block}
+        }
+      ]
+    end
   end
 end