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| Space once after a period used with an initial or an abbreviation. | Ex. Mr. R. L. Jones will arrive at 2:30 p.m. |
| Space twice after a period used at the end of a sentence. | Ex. Typing is fun. I like to type. |
| Do not space before or after a period used as a decimal. | Ex. Jan Lives 5.5 miles from the airport. |
| space once after a comma used within a sentence. | Ex. Kay, John, and Mike advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Do not space before or after a comma used within a number. | Ex. We sold 3,344 units this year. |
| Space once after a semicolon. | Ex. Thank you for your order; we are pleased. |
| Space twice after a colon used as punctuation. | Ex. The following students rated superior in math skills: Betty, John, and Frank. |
| Do not space after a colon used to express time. | Ex. The fire started at 1:20 p.m. |
| Space twice after a question mark at the end of a sentence. | Ex. Will Chuck attend? Will he speak? |
| Do not space before or after a hyphen. | Ex. Kate works part-time at Fame City. |
| Do not space between the hyphens when making a dash. Do not space before or after the dash. | Ex. Mrs. Cox-- my spanish teacher--will be going to Mexico this summer. |
| Do not space between quotation marks and the copy within them. | Ex. "Typing is fun," said Jared. |
| When Quotation marks follow punctuation, use the spacing that applies to the mark of punctuation. | Ex. Joe said, "Get the job done." I got the job done. |
| Do not space after the dollar sign. | Ex. $34 |
| Do not space before the percent sign. | Ex. 100% |
| Do not space between the parentheses and the copy enclosed within them. | Ex. Please send the money ($25) for the pictures as soon as possible. |
| Do not space before or after the diagonal. | Ex. Please type the report and/or file the letters. |
| Space twice after an exclamation point that ends a sentence. | Ex. I passed physics! Did you? |
