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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
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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!
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hitchhiker
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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.
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maj,
6 yr 97 days ago
Thanks Hitch. You are always so helpful!
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Pia
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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
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Guest,
6 yr 89 days ago
That fullstop rule was for printing, in the 'olden days' It's now not so important.
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Humor
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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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any jokes :)
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Guest,
5 yr 283 days ago
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
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