Spaces before punctuation marks!

Apple_Fictor · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:18

Is it only me, or does: "This is a test ! " bother the hell out of people?

Why do people do it? I cant quite work it out!

It makes no sense to put a space before a punctuation mark!

Ive noticed more and more people doing it.

Grammatically it is incorrect and annoys the hell out of me!

twist3d0n3 · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:21

i can't be arsed to let something so lame bother me.

Jay794 · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:26

I've never seen that written like that before,

What I don 't (lol) get is the space after a comma, I suppose it 's (lol) to make it read better.

Is it all punctuation marks or just "quotes" and exclamation! marks? because then it just looks weird

tlrBeta · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:28

I am more bothered with "u knw wat" type of speak.

Also people not doing double spaces after fullstops

wannabedamned · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:29

It ****** me right off !

Ahleckz · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:31

Jay794 said:
I've never seen that written like that before,

What I don 't (lol) get is the space after a comma, I suppose it 's (lol) to make it read better.

Is it all punctuation marks or just "quotes" and exclamation! marks? because then it just looks weird

Comma, that is not.

RopAyy · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:33

Does not bother me !

Edrof · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:36

Having recently flirted with some other forums, I'm pleased to say that the standard of punctuation here in GD is far higher!

Devrij · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:37

I tried to do loads of spaces at the end of this sentence before a full stop, but the spellcheck on my phone wouldn't let me. It's good to know I have someone looking out for me who insists on correct punctuation.

[FnG]magnolia · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:37

Apple_Fictor said:
Is it only me, or does: "This is a test ! " bother the hell out of people?

Why do people do it? I cant quite work it out!

It makes no sense to put a space before a punctuation mark!

Ive noticed more and more people doing it.

Grammatically it is incorrect and annoys the hell out of me!

This is adorable, whether the many mistakes are intentionally made or not :cool:

Haha, just kidding! Your post is even worse than you appear to be.

Jay794 · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:41

Ahleckz said:
Comma, that is not.

Yes it is, a comma, lol

Narj · 1 Dec 2011 at 08:43

tlrBeta said:
Also people not doing double spaces after fullstops

Lulz.

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:45

Some handsets can do what the OP said if you don't set auto full stop etc in the menu settings.

h00fzilla · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:49

tlrBeta said:
Also people not doing double spaces after fullstops

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Hades · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:49

tlrBeta said:
Also people not doing double spaces after fullstops

Why would you put a double space after a full stop?

V_R · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:54

tlrBeta said:
I am more bothered with "u knw wat" type of speak.

This i agree with....

Also people not doing double spaces after fullstops

...but this made me lol.

bledd · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:54

Hades said:
Why would you put a double space after a full stop?

You're meant to

SuperTronNarwhal · 1 Dec 2011 at 09:56

its the emphasizes the punctuation , and makes it look cooler so we add more word content . Sometimes , it can be a error when hitting space bar to quick . for Example " Hello , "

arknor · 1 Dec 2011 at 10:00

Y U NO LIKE SPACES ?!?!?!?!
R U AGORAPHOBIC ?!?!?!?

:(Rhodri:) · 1 Dec 2011 at 10:01

bledd. said:
You're meant to

Wasn't that just a throw-back to typewriter fonts? I've not noticed double spacing after a full stop anywhere in print recently, and am fairly certain it's wrong to do it for on-screen text.