Similarly, there used to be conventions for (non-proportional) typewriters. Iusually ... spaces after a full stop and two after comma, etc. I was taught to put three after a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark; two after a colon or

Similarly, there used to be conventions for (non-proportional) typewriters. I ... spaces after a full stop and two after comma, etc. I was taught to put three after a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark; two after a colon or ... think it

At 11:12:04 on Sat, 14 Jan 2006, John Briggs (Email Removed) wrote in : Similarly, there used to be conventions for (non-proportional) typewriters. I usually put two spaces after a full-stop and question mark ... - but there used to be a

It seems that question marks and exclamation marks always go where they naturally belong, but full stops and commas are less clear-cut. With brackets, OTOH, they always go where they naturally belong. Is there a rationale for this? Given that

We have waited long but not in vain: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/quartercolon.html "The International Grammar Standards Organization has approved the quartercolon for use starting in June of 2004. This is the first new punctuation mark

We have waited long but not in vain: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2004/05/quartercolon.html "The International Grammar Standards Organization has approved the quartercolon for use starting in June of 2004. This is the first new punctuation mark

On 28 Apr 2004 14:04:47 -0700, (Email Removed) (howard richler) posted the following: What role does punctuation play in pictographic alphabets such as Chinese or Japanese? In Japanese (which does not have a "pictographic alphabet", but