Why not periods? Why doesn't every sentence in Spanish that isn't a question or exclamation start with a period floating in the sky?

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[+] -6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

English manages the exact same thing without the leading punctuation.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    English changes the order of the words of the sentence. Spanish uses punctuation marks. It’s just differences in languages. Personally I appreciate them since it helps me read Spanish quicker with fewer parsing errors.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "How would I find out?"

    I can tell you.

    I can tell you?

    Yes, English uses word order to define grammar in many more sentences than Spanish, but not exclusively.

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