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how many spaces after a quotation that ends with a question mark and is followed by a tag?

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GingerCoffee said: ↑

I'd need to see proof any publisher would reject something for two spaces between sentences before I'd believe that claim.

If a publisher cared about double spaces between sentences, that would seem to be something they could return an MS to you to correct. A simple search for ".--" > replace with ".-" and you can correct them all with a couple keystrokes.

Honestly, if a publisher has asked for your full MS it would be ludicrous to think they'd then snub it when they saw spaces between sentences.

Now, on the other hand, publishers who get thousands of submissions will indeed not bother to read anything with too many typos and other grammar errors a novice might make. And one should absolutely look at a publisher's specifications before submitting anything. If they bothered to state one space between sentences, then fix the MS before sending. Otherwise, I can't see it being an issue that would make or break reading the MS.
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...thanks for expanding on what i said, ginger!... i was just too busy/lazy to spell it all out... you've nailed it perfectly...

grateful hugs, m

mammamaia, Mar 26, 2014

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