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Punctuation And Spaces !
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Recently I've noticed a lot of people (here and everywhere) putting spaces between the end of sentences and the punctuation, apart from full stops.
Like this !
You know what I mean ?
I asked a guy at work why he did it and he said he thinks it makes it easier to read. I completely disagree.
I do try not to be a grammar nazi, mine is hardly perfect but I find it inexplicably annoying.
Do you think it makes it easier to read?
And if you do it, why?
Like this !
You know what I mean ?
I asked a guy at work why he did it and he said he thinks it makes it easier to read. I completely disagree.
I do try not to be a grammar nazi, mine is hardly perfect but I find it inexplicably annoying.
Do you think it makes it easier to read?
And if you do it, why?
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I completely disagree with you Evian. I have always put a space there since the punctuation is not part of the word it simply ends the sentence and looks awful tagged on as if the word has gained another character. A full stop is small enough not to stick out but and ascender punctuation is far better separated from the word. I've never understood why the common practice was to jam them both together. As for asking why, it's self evident is it not ? Perhaps the question should be why are some of the opinion jamming punctuation on the end of the word makes it easier to read rather than jarring the senses.
Sometimes I'll leave a space before an exclamation mark. Due to the font used on Answerbank, to me, an exclamation mark can look a bit wrong immediately after the letters l and d, and a space seems to clarify what otherwise could be mistaken for mis-spelling. (Especially if my spectacles need a wipe). e.g. 'shall !' versus 'shall!', 'could !' versus 'could!'.
