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msongs

(70,086 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:41 PM Oct 2020

should I leave a space between hashtags or not?

like on instagram etc should it be #tag#tag or #tag #tag (w/a space) I read somewhere online one should not hit the spacebar between sentences after a period either. odd

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should I leave a space between hashtags or not? (Original Post) msongs Oct 2020 OP

No. Capitalize the 1st letter in each word following the hashtag with No spaces between them Budi Oct 2020 #1

Hit the space bar ONCE between sentences, not twice, as we used to do with typewriters. tblue37 Oct 2020 #2

One space, and One space after a period... targetpractice Oct 2020 #3

Space between the tags. ManiacJoe Oct 2020 #4

Budi

(15,325 posts)

1. No. Capitalize the 1st letter in each word following the hashtag with No spaces between them

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:45 PM

Oct 2020

#TrumpIsADumbass

Not:
# Trump Is A Dumbass

No spaces
🙂

tblue37

(66,035 posts)

2. Hit the space bar ONCE between sentences, not twice, as we used to do with typewriters.

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:47 PM

Oct 2020

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)

3. One space, and One space after a period...

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:48 PM

Oct 2020

... The only time you use two spaces is when you are typing with a monospaced font like "Courier" or if you are using an old typewriter.

The space between hashtags lets lines break naturally.

As per the first reply... No spaces within a hashtag. Sorry.

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

4. Space between the tags.

Reply to msongs (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:09 AM

Oct 2020

#TrumpIsAnIdiot #RedWhiteBlue #colors

Rules of standard grammar still apply to electronic communications.

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