Spacing Rules
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Period. | 2 after when used at the end of a sentence.
1 after when used after an initial or abbreviation
Ex:I'm fine. Good and Mrs. K. Huddleston.
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| Comma, | 1 after used in a sentence.
0 after an internal period in an abbreviation.
Ex: Lions, tigers, and bears! and 10,000,000
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| Semicolon; | 1 after used in a sentence
Ex: Yes; however, you see
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| Colon: | 2 after used in a sentence
0 after when used to express time.
Ex: Items: pens, pencils, paper and 12:34
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| Hypen- | 0 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Mother-in-law
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| Slash/ | 0 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Dated 9/29/08
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| Apostrophe' | 0 after when used in a contraction
Ex: Won't, can't, don't
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| Quotation Mark "" | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: I said, "Wait"
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| Parenthesis () | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: (Don't stop there)
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| Asterik* | 0 before and after the letters they surround
Ex: *Note this*
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| At @ | 1 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: 10@ $1.00 each
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| Percent % | 0 before, 1 after
Ex: It was 50% off today
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| Ampersand & | 1 before and after when used in a sentence
Ex: Darma & Greg
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| Pound Sign# | 0 before, 1 after
Ex: It was 20#
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| Number Sign# | 0 after
Ex: Do question #4 tonight.
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| Dollar Sign$ | 0 after
Ex: It was $5.00
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