i fixed the question. for people who do so, is it because your native language does so, like french? or is it because of stylistic choice?

like “hello ! how are you ?” i know a polish speaker who does that

  • FackCurs@lemmy.world
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    It is the orthographic norm for some languages, i.e. the only correct way to spell.

    French is like that. Any double punctuation symbol gets a space beforehand.

    Ah bon ? Mais il fait pourtant beau aujourd’hui !

    Écoute ça : Thomas entre dans le magasin ; il en ressort avec, entre autre, un cadeau.

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        Many probably are, I don’t know about “most”. There are plenty of people who just don’t know proper typography without that having this kind of explanation.

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      I think the point virgule depends if you’re from France or Québec. I learned it with no space before it and seems this table confirms that. This similar one from a Quebec source seems to be saying you can do either.