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Re: OT: Punctuation

From:Trebor Jung <treborjung@...>
Date:Friday, January 16, 2004, 23:51
I have a few questions on punctuation:

In different posts, I notice the following:
My name is...
My name is ...
My name is . . .
Is it a matter of choice, or are there rules governing spacing and
punctuation...

Which leads to my next question: In French, you write:
[How are you ?]
[I'm fine !]

But in English you write:
How are you?
I'm fine!

Where does the practice of separating punctuation from the sentence come from?

--Trebor

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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