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Re: Extra space after punctuation marks
From: |
Greg A. Woods |
Subject: |
Re: Extra space after punctuation marks |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 96 21:40:05 -0500 (EST) |
[[ 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.
--
Greg A. Woods
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