Why do non-1st language English speakers put a space between their punctuation marks?

[Frozzy]

I see a number of people who do not speak english as a 1st language put spaces between the last word and the punctuation mark (often a question mark)

e.g. Why does Apolyton have banana as their abstain option in polls ? Is it because bananas are cool ?

Not saying they speak bad english, just wanted to know if they are taught this specificall or if it's because that's what their native language does.

[Dinner]

It is a joke from a really old thread that has just kind of stuck. Do a search and you might still find it.

[Frozzy]

No... I read e-mails from French with this space/

[alva]

h e i s t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e b a n a n a . ! R i g h t ?

[Inverse Icarus]

no idea.

is america the only country to use periods instad of commas in numbers?

eg: $1,000 not $1.000

[Dinner]

All the English speaking countries do. I think it's only certain contential European states which don't.

[Inverse Icarus]

next questuion: numbers.

how come places like china/japan use abarbic numerals today? what did they use before?

[Dis]

What sick person would put spaces in front of their punctuation ?

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by UberKruX
is america the only country to use periods instad of commas in numbers?

eg: $1,000 not $1.000

Yes, America is the only country to do this.
Elsewhere, the dot is used to mark the decimal point, as it does.

[Dis]

I think that is backwards.

[Skanky Burns]

Indeed.

[Dinner]

Naw, everyone else is backwards.

[Datajack Franit]

Someone please show us the banana thread!

[Puupertti Ruma]

Yes, America is the only country to do this.
Elsewhere, the dot is used to mark the decimal point, as it does.

You probably ment that comma is used to mark the decimal point, no?

[Ted Striker]

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Mein Schwanz ist ein grosse Banane !


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