# Discourse is inserting a space between later-quoted italicized words and punctuation

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**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-is-inserting-a-space-between-later-quoted-italicized-words-and-punctuation/916716 "2020-07-29T14:25:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-is-inserting-a-space-between-later-quoted-italicized-words-and-punctuation/916716/10 "2020-07-30T14:01:36Z")

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See posts 29 and 30 here, in the references to _The Sting 2_. The quote of my post introduced a space between the movie title and the question mark: [Botticelli -- Aug 2020 - #29 by Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-aug-2020/916645/29)

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