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Why do you foreign people put a space after your question marks?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Ikaruga, Oct 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    FFS, there's supposed to be no space between the last letter of a sentence and your question mark/exclamation/period. Cut that shit out.

    Doh, my thread title was supposed to be: why do you guys put a space BEFORE your question marks.
     
    Ikaruga, Oct 10, 2008 IP
  2. Fka200

    Fka200 Guest

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    What annoys me the most is when there's a space before the period.

    Example: Digitalpoint is fun .

    Drives me CRAZY!
     
    Fka200, Oct 10, 2008 IP
  3. !Unreal

    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    FFS, why do you call full stops periods ?
     
    !Unreal, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    anions Notable Member

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    levampire Active Member

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    I don't check to be honest, sometimes there a space before, sometimes not

    But periods, never (Maybe once or twice :p).
     
    levampire, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    stock_post Prominent Member

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    #6
    to let you know we are foreign.
     
    stock_post, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    coderbari Well-Known Member

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    #7
    It should be :

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    coderbari, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    Jarodboy Prominent Member

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    #8
    As far as I know you guys are the foreign! :p
     
    Jarodboy, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    That annoys me too. Is it how its written in other languages?
     
    konrad, Oct 10, 2008 IP
  10. Ikaruga

    Ikaruga Active Member

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    No. I've mentioned this exact nuance to an English professor familiar with foreign languages and he said there's nothing like that at all.
     
    Ikaruga, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    tigrrra Well-Known Member

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    lol its called OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) it looks like we all have it . So ? What !
     
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    thefandango Active Member

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    What do you call foreign? You sound American to me which makes you foreign to me. Over here in England a period is something a woman has once a month.
     
    thefandango, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    LOL! :p

    Anyway, I don't think it depends on nationality...I think it's more about the confidence one has with keyboard and digital writing.
     
    BigSexy, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    yes that drive me crazy too .

    how did you notice that ?

    LOL
     
    ali-2006, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    As a foreigner , I don ' t really care about space between symbols .
    But if I wasn ' t a foreigner or if I was not living in Vietnam or Brazil, than I guess it would have been bothered , right ?
    Unless I ' m a foreigner of Mali living in Norway . . . .
     
    Codythebest, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    drjupitor Banned

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    #16
    You have raised question on a very simple matter but there are serious grammatical mistakes here in DP which makes it difficult to even understand the subject (meaning). so many times i read threads with out any appreciable meaning and fellow DP members asking the webmaster what he wanted to mean.
     
    drjupitor, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #17
    My favourite ,, is the unnecessary use of double commas.

    :D
     
    Kerosene, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    From what I know there are no foreign or locals here, all are DP members Full Stop :)
     
    wisdomtool, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    #19
    I think Comma you are right Full Stop :)
     
    anions, Oct 10, 2008 IP
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    suggest me plzz,, i need help dears,, thnx u very much .
     
    Agent_Dweeb, Oct 11, 2008 IP