Spaces and punctuation (Guest:Derek)

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Guest

#3424 Mon, 04 Aug 03 05:00 PM

How many spaces should there be between a full stop and a new sentence?

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maj

#3428 Mon, 04 Aug 03 06:13 PM

It depends on how close you are to the computer screen, the size of the screen... I leave it to my wordprocessor speller.It does wonders. Futhermore, it never fails to work!

maj

Joined on Mon, Mar 31 2003

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hitchhiker

#3500 Tue, 05 Aug 03 02:45 AM

Thanks Maj,

Apparently you should punctuate thus:

Hi, I am hitchhiker. This is a test sentence, with some common punctuation; and more!

Leave a single space after punctuation; then continue with your text.

hitchhiker

Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002

Malta, Europe

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"OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?"

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maj

#3520 Tue, 05 Aug 03 07:08 AM

Thanks Hitch. You are always so helpful!

maj

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Pia

#3653 Thu, 07 Aug 03 09:07 AM

hey everyone .... i'm just flying by!!! wayyy too busy to participate in the summer, but i'll be back in winter. i happened to click on this post for some reason and HAVE to answer. Hitch is right, it IS one space after punctuation - however, after a full stop (or period) it's two spaces. Like this. See you all in the winter xxx

Pia

Joined on Mon, Mar 24 2003

Malta

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hitchhiker

#4088 Tue, 12 Aug 03 04:04 PM

Also see our frequently asked questions

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Guest

#4279 Wed, 13 Aug 03 09:25 PM

That fullstop rule was for printing, in the 'olden days' It's now not so important.

Guest

Punctuation

Humor

#8300 Wed, 17 Sep 03 09:29 AM

Hi Hitchi

THanks for the English science joke,but I didn't get it for the (.) fullstop joke.HOw did you laugh at it?

Derek come back and explain yourself.

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Guest

#20974 Sat, 31 Jan 04 08:15 PM

Hello,

I learnt many years ago and was taught that after a full stop you should leave two spaces and after a comma leave one space. Some people leave three but I think two is adequate! I don't think it is something that is "written in stone" but is considered the "norm."

Regards.

Jean

Guest

Regards, Commas, Punctuation

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