I don’t know if it’s just the French language, but they always seem to put a space before the ending punctuation mark (periods, exclamation marks, question marks) Is there a reason for that? Would it be wrong to write French without the space at the end?
The rule is the same as in English. You don’t need to put a space before any ending ponctuation mark. Someones do that only because they think it’s more clear.
#1 by SUE on July 5th, 2009
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Never noticed that. I don´t think they do.
they never did in my textbooks.
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#2 by walkaboutlanguages on July 5th, 2009
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Never seen that either…
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#3 by Darius on July 5th, 2009
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The rule is the same as in English. You don’t need to put a space before any ending ponctuation mark. Someones do that only because they think it’s more clear.
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#4 by jorge c on July 5th, 2009
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Hi, it is true that punctuation in English and in French are different, for example with ";", but for the point the rule is French is no space before but a space after, the same in English.
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http://freefrench.frenchspanishonline.com