ha, i just ran into this problem in a book i'm working on literally 10 minutes ago. in the past i've broken up the numbers and the corresponding text into 2 elements, and then added the floated element above the non-floated element in the html. seems to work across readers, but if someone had a saner solution i'd be grateful for it.
here's what i'm using now to float a number inline with a block of text:
Code:
<p style="float:right;">(##)</p>
<p>here's some text with a number floated to the right of it</p>