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Why do so many of this board’s contributors put spaces between punctuation marks and the words that precede them?
Some examples:
Would Kieffer Moore have been a good signing ? Would he score goals in this team ?
Of course , he would have been a great signing ! He always scores goals !
Maybe , but the system this manager uses might not have suited him .
You must be joking , right ? He scores regularly at this level . We need a striker like him !
Some of my favourite posters do this, as do some of my least favourite. Some of the people I consider to be CCMB’s cleverest contributors do it, as do some of its stupidest.
Everyone who puts a space between a punctuation mark and the word that precedes it must read books, newspapers, magazines, other websites, etc. Therefore, they must surely notice the way they use punctuation marks differs from the way professional writers use them, but they continue to do it differently anyway. I find that strange and it’s something that has puzzled me for a long time.
I should point out that the incorrect use of punctuation marks doesn’t bother me as such. I just find it curious that so many posters on this board do it so regularly because I can’t say I’ve noticed it happening elsewhere on social media with such regularity.
Some examples:
Would Kieffer Moore have been a good signing ? Would he score goals in this team ?
Of course , he would have been a great signing ! He always scores goals !
Maybe , but the system this manager uses might not have suited him .
You must be joking , right ? He scores regularly at this level . We need a striker like him !
Some of my favourite posters do this, as do some of my least favourite. Some of the people I consider to be CCMB’s cleverest contributors do it, as do some of its stupidest.
Everyone who puts a space between a punctuation mark and the word that precedes it must read books, newspapers, magazines, other websites, etc. Therefore, they must surely notice the way they use punctuation marks differs from the way professional writers use them, but they continue to do it differently anyway. I find that strange and it’s something that has puzzled me for a long time.
I should point out that the incorrect use of punctuation marks doesn’t bother me as such. I just find it curious that so many posters on this board do it so regularly because I can’t say I’ve noticed it happening elsewhere on social media with such regularity.
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