is it a french thing to put a space before the "!"?
@candle Yes, but you're allowed to ignore that, it's a typo convention that has always been gratuitous and annoying.
In typography, it's supposed to be a special "half-space" character, and since we couldn't do that on computers, most languages went for "no space".
Only French opted for "full space" instead, because fuck the world that's why. :<
(NB: the convention is "a space before all double-punctuation", so : ! ? ; but no space before simple ones like , . ... )
@Louvelune @candle So what you're saying is that French treated punctuation like America treated measurements?
@Louvelune @candle WHY CAN'T WE JUST USE THE METRIC SYSTEM LIKE EVERYONE ELSE OMG
@spiderrobotpig @candle You say that like YOU're the one suffering from it!! :o
We have to LEARN YOUR WAY at school when we literally NEVER use it anywhere else, and you dare complain?! %D
@Louvelune @candle That's actually hilarious.
WHY ARE WE SO AWFUL
@spiderrobotpig @candle LOL, pretty much yeah. xD