Punctuation And Spaces !

[EvianBaby]

Recently I've noticed a lot of people (here and everywhere) putting spaces between the end of sentences and the punctuation, apart from full stops.

Like this !

You know what I mean ?

I asked a guy at work why he did it and he said he thinks it makes it easier to read. I completely disagree.

I do try not to be a grammar nazi, mine is hardly perfect but I find it inexplicably annoying.

Do you think it makes it easier to read?

And if you do it, why?

[DTCwordfan]

It's backward thinking, Tilly!

[jno]

try it in your mirror, Tilly

[jno]

ʎllıʇ ɹoɹɹıɯ ɹnoʎ uı ʇı ʎɹʇ

[Tilly2]

!ees I, ho That had me fooled.

[DTCwordfan]

http://www.imasuper.com/511/technology/tool-to-spell-backwards/

and you can even double space question and exclamation marks too, if it be your heart's desire.

[Tilly2]

jno, that looks cyrillic but I now know better.

[jno]

до свидания

[Tilly2]

Got me there, jno.

[DTCwordfan]

It's "goodbye," tilly

[heathfield]

You off then, Jno?

[beso]

jim360
Double spaces don't show up in HTML because by default all white space is reduced to a single space unless tagged to format as typed.

[DTCwordfan]

jno, being our residential 'red under the bed' Rusky.......

[Tilly2]

Oh Farley's Rusks. I remember them. Lovely.

[EvianBaby]

Why is it a waste of time exactly DT? Did I suggest the world would end due to the inproper use of punctuation? It's a perfectly reasonable question that some people chose to answer properly, without feeling the need to be a smart arse.

[boxtops]

I do it sometimes, particularly if the last letters are capitals (eg JJ). It looks better to me to write JJ ? - than JJ? which to me looks like a third letter.

[DaisyNonna]

DTC Easy to read your message at 10.17.

[EvianBaby]

I'm surprised so many think that's easier to read. I don't think it makes it any harder, just not really any easier.

[kernowgirl99]

no.