Re: Extra space after punctuation marks

[Greg A. Woods]

[[ I forgot to add one point.... ]]

[ On Tue, January 16, 1996 at 20:02:44 (-0500), Greg A. Woods wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Extra space after punctuation marks
>
> I've heard claims that it is/was a typographical convention to use a
> "wide" space between sentences, and a minimum "narrow" space between
> words in a sentence.

Another convention, also held by many typists, is that a ':' (full
colon) character should also be followed by a "wider" space when it
precedes a list of items.

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