Parentheses in Spanish

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Paul Magnussen

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Parentheses in Spanish

Having just received an e-mail from a friend in Córdoba, I notice that he uses ( what I would consider ) extra spaces for parentheses ( like this ).

Is this ( as I presume ) standard usage, could someone tell me please?

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Ricardo

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RE: Parentheses in Spanish (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

( no )

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Piwin

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RE: Parentheses in Spanish (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

I can ask around. Right now I can tell you that there are no extra spaces "inside" parentheses in yesterday's El Pais nor in my RAE dictionary.

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BarkellWH

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RE: Parentheses in Spanish (in reply to Paul Magnussen)

Standard usage does not have extra spaces within parentheses. I have never seen it stated as a "rule," but I have read a lot of Spanish, both newspapers and literature, and I have never seen extra spaces within parentheses.

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