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The downvoters were annoyed by bad punctuation. ;-P Don't put spaces before commas or question marks. Single question mark is enough. "??" looks sloppy.
by jwilk 10y ago
The downvoters were annoyed by bad punctuation. ;-P
Don't put spaces before commas or question marks.
Single question mark is enough. "??" looks sloppy.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> Don't put spaces before commas or question marks. Actually, I do this all the time, when what precedes the punctuation mark is a URL. It just doesn't seem right to have the URL seamlessly run into a punctuation mark that isn't actually part of it.
- jwilk 10y agoYeah, I sometimes do it too, even though it doesn't look pretty. Another possibility is to put <> around the URL; but that didn't work correctly on HN last time I tried.
- FabHK 10y agoURL a permissible exception to a rule that otherwise stands. You can identify texts written by French people by the extra spaces (if they're careful or have a good word processor, it'll even be a non-breaking space). PS: Spaces before smileys also permissible :-)