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.
Comment on why do some people put a space before a question mark or exclamation point?
psoul@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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 faut pourtant beau aujourd’hui !
Écoute ça : Thomas entre dans le magasin ; il en ressort avec, entre autre, un cadeau.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
jaiden@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
that makes sense, it’s why i wonder if most people who do that are french speakers
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
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.