French spacing

noun

The archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences.

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Meanings

nounFrench spacing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemediaThe archaic practice (though still current in French) of inserting a space around colons, semicolons, question marks and exclamation marks, and also two spaces between sentences.
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