Masquerouge
Deity
Just to be a nitpicker, I do not believe that punctuation rules are part of grammar.
Question for non-native English speakers
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Hopefully the title makes sense. I've been awake for going on 36 hours now, and the 'ol brain isn't entirely coherent - it's the best I can come up with.
Something that I've noticed often noticed from people to whom English is a secondary language do, is place a space before ending punctuation marks.
Eg:
"That was cool !"
"What do you mean ?"
Though I can't recall seeing it done with a period (.). I'm trying figure out... why? I know it's not part of normal English grammar itself, at least as I've ever seen, so I'm guessing it's a carryover from your primary language. The only other language I've really learned any amount of is French (3 wasted semesters of high school), but I don't *remember* ever seeing it there, plus I've seen it from people of various nationalities. I can remember seeing it for sure from friends in online games and such who were Swedish, Greek, German, Dutch, French and Romanian, at the least.
So what's the deal?
I can safely say it's not present in Romanian. We consider it a mistake, actually.
I'm pretty sure you didn't see that from me, but I am human, I could make a mistake. 
Rheinmetall
Interplanetary Assassin
Never witnessed such behaviour myself. No such thing in finnish language.
Masquerouge
Deity
Here you can check French punctuation rules
And for those who speak French it's a funny read anyway
And for those who speak French it's a funny read anyway
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
Here you can check French punctuation rules
Wow, I wonder how drunk that guy was.
Spoiler :
I thought I might not understand anything of French after not practicing it for months.
scipian
Czar
Number 2 is understandable but clearly wrong. The BMWs do not own anything.
On another topic, I don't know why some people have a space before the ending .
plarq
Crazy forever
's doesn't only mean possession, it makes plural form for letters, numbers and other non-words.
e.g. three 7's = three sevens = 777
four q's = qqqq
holy moly...I took french classes for 7 years and we never learned that
or maybe it's done differently in swiss french...wouldn't surprise me in the least 
Ironically it seems to be mainly native english speakers who seem to have this problem. maybe it's because if you learn english as a second language the difference between the two gets pretty obvious.
Leifmk
Deity
This usage was previously endorsed in British English and some style guides still include it, but it is fairly unpopular and apparently on its way out.
plarq
Crazy forever
However, the choice between qs and q's is clear.
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
Hopefully the title makes sense. I've been awake for going on 36 hours now, and the 'ol brain isn't entirely coherent - it's the best I can come up with.
Something that I've noticed often noticed from people to whom English is a secondary language do, is place a space before ending punctuation marks.
Eg:
"That was cool !"
"What do you mean ?"
Though I can't recall seeing it done with a period (.). I'm trying figure out... why? I know it's not part of normal English grammar itself, at least as I've ever seen, so I'm guessing it's a carryover from your primary language. The only other language I've really learned any amount of is French (3 wasted semesters of high school), but I don't *remember* ever seeing it there, plus I've seen it from people of various nationalities. I can remember seeing it for sure from friends in online games and such who were Swedish, Greek, German, Dutch, French and Romanian, at the least.
So what's the deal?
Just realized:
When a post has less than 10 characters, it cannot be posted. Multiple spaces are not shown in posts (quote me to see what I mean
). So, often people need a space. If you post:
Yes.
It wouldn't let you post it, as it has less than 10 characters.
If you post:
Yes .
It would let you post it, as it has much more than 10 characters (quote my post to see what I mean).
