Re: Space before ? ! : ;

At 10:01:47 on Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Dave Fawthrop <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <phrms112balv78f8m14e0stfknhfsc3hsn@xxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:14:27 -0000, "Nick Wagg" <naw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

|Wasn't that Pitman Training?

That might well be what I was looking for!   If Pitman once taught that one
should put a space before ! ? : and ; it would explain why that convention
is widespread.


No.  Pitman training included nothing of the sort.

In my experience, the only people (on Usenet, anyway) putting a space before full stops and other punctuation marks are trolls. I'm surprised it's not in your FAQ.
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