word limit plus plug in not putting link at end of text segment

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I am using the word limit plus plug in to limit text and have a …MORE link to the full article. The word limiting is working but the link with …MORE is not showing up.

Here is my code.

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" orderby="date" limit="30" disable="member_data|trackbacks" rdf="off"}
{header}

{publication}
{exp:word_limit_plus if_exceeds="40" stop_after="35" the_link="<a
>MORE...</a>“} 
{body}
{/exp:word_limit_plus}