Press Release Punctuation

**B* M* <b*@verizon.net>**

Thanks! I am glad I asked, because I had just edited out the extra spaces, then started wondering. I based the press release on quotes emailed to me by the author of one of my books.  I, too, once was a copy editor, but not a very good one. 

Lois, I was never a quick typist either and that's what pushed me toward computers.

By the way, 'towards' is UK usage while 'toward' is USA usage.  Or was.

Cheers, all!

Betty
www.mackeybooks.com

>I guess I was thinking in terms of the editor's needs. We writers have
essentially been given the typesetter's responsibilities in addition to
our own. If you insert the "extra" space, the editor (or editorial
assistant) has to go through and take them all out prior to publishing.
Yes, it can be done with global search and replace, but it's still an
extra step that's no longer necessary.

I was never a very quick typist and I'm guessing that it's a difficult
habit to break for folks who are going three times my speed. :-) .

Regards,
Lois
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