It shows on my spellcheck thing that it is wrong when I don't put a space after colons, etc. , and so on. I know you're supposed to put spaces after periods and commas.
2007-04-28 04:49:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Yes.
2007-04-28 04:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you don't, that punctuation mark jams up against the next word and confuses the reader (and annoys the spellchecker).
As far as I can recall, the only punctation marks that do not get spaces after them are opening parentheses/brackets/curly braces, hyphens, and long dashes. (Of course, all the colons and so on in a web URL aren't considered punctuation.)
2007-04-28 12:01:28 · answer #2 · answered by Brian E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Follow the same spacing rules for these marks of punctuation as you do for using periods and commas.
2007-04-28 12:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is correct to put a space after colons, exclamation points, and question marks. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to differentiate sentences or words.
2007-04-28 11:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by karel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,, there must be a spaces after the comas, colons, etc,, that is to determine the individuality of each word
2007-04-28 11:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by mandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are suppose to have spaces. The rules change with the type of writing that you are doing. For example, if your are quoting something, or paraphrasing something, or etc.
2007-04-28 11:58:38 · answer #6 · answered by ybno37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one space after punctuation in a sentence. 2 spaces between sentences.
2007-04-28 11:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is essential! By the way, check your spelling!
2007-04-28 11:58:47 · answer #8 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋