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[–] [email protected] 216 points 1 year ago (35 children)

why do some People , type like this

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

None of your replies even address the weird spaces before commas thing. I've directly asked people on Reddit and the answer is always idk if they even reply at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plenken

In German, the practice of inserting a space before punctuation marks is called Plenken. It used to be a common practice, but nowadays it is considered an error.

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