Apparently in French you're supposed to put a space between the last word of a sentence and a question mark. This seems weird to me, since i only know english.

@Felthry Yeah, whenever I see English text with a space before a question mark, I yell under my breath, "What are you, French?!"

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@KinkyTurtle that's actually exactly what led to me learning this, someone who I knew to be French putting spaces before question marks in english writing

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