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Problems with the spacebar? #1 (permalink) Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:21 am   Problems with the spacebar?
 

It occurred to me that quite a number of forum users seem to have difficulty using the space key. As a result, their texts often look like this:

"Hello.My name is Torsten.I'm from Germany.I want to improve my English.That's why I joined this forum.Who can tell me how to get started?"

So, what do you think is the reason for this? Is it that most users are so focused on typing the right letters that they simply forget to press the space key after each word, comma and period or are there other reasons? Maybe in their native languages sentences are not separated by a space? Maybe their keyboards don't have a spacebar?

Thanks a lot for trying to solve the spacebar mystery.
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Problems with the spacebar? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:26 am   Problems with the spacebar?
 

Hello,

Lack of knowledge is the answer you are looking for. Smile

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I'm here quite often ;-)


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