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Why is there a space between the end of the sentence and the exclamation mark?
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Eugene J.Kwiziq community member
Why is there a space between the end of the sentence and the exclamation mark?
Asked 3 years ago
Hi Eugene,
yes, French punctuation is different from English - it is just the way it is done. There is also a space before question marks, though not before commas or full stops. Also you have probably noticed that French indicates the start and end of speech in a different way to English. I don't know if editors of French books normally have a way to prevent the exclamation and question marks going on to the next line, but when this happens we notice.
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