1. Space once after a comma. ,

2. Space once after a semi-colon. ;

3. Do not space before or after a hyphen. -

4. Space twice after a colon. :

5. Space twice after the punctuation at the end of a sentence.

6. Space once after a period used with initials or titles.

7. Space once before an open parenthesis but do not space after it. (

8. Space once after a closed parenthesis but do not space before it. )

9. Do not space between the number and the number sign. #

(The sign before a number means number and after a number it means pounds.)

10. Space before and after the ampersand (the and symbol &).

11. Do not space between the dollar sign and the number. $

12. Space once before and after the "at" symbol, except in e-mail addresses. @

13. Do not space between the number and the percent sign. %

14. Do not space before or after the forward slash. /

15. Punctuation goes before the closing quote marks. Example: He said, "Hi there, Ana."