PUNCTUATION IS THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT (sufficient use of punctuation,
e.g. comma, automatically allows for liberal word spacing -- the
principles at work are the same as those in more advanced languages,
e.g. English, French)
In this article, the first paragraph has 2
sentences. Each sentence has ZERO punctuation (save Khmer full stop at
end) and ZERO word spacing. The first sentence has 37 words.
The 2nd paragraph, almost as long as the first paragraph, is one long sentence of 3 lines, also with ZERO punctuation (save the Khmer full stop at end) and ZERO word spacing.
VOD, a well-respected local Cambodian media outlet, is not unlike other
well-respected Cambodian media outlets, e.g. VOA, RFA. But a bit more
notorious in its ABSOLUTE lack of use of word spacing and punctuation,
save the full stop at the end of the sentence.
I've been
punctuating a lot of Khmer writing -- 59 books and countless other
shorter pieces -- over the years to allow me to have a sense of how it
can be done.
We can start simply at first:
(1) USE COMMAS -- for those who know French or English, the principle is basically the same;
(2) use word spacing between SUBJECT [space] VERB [space] OBJECT and in
other cases, again, the principles used in English and French often
work here as well.
Seen and heard on Ms. Theary C. Seng's Facebook accounts:
www.facebook.com/theary.c.seng
www.facebook.com/theary.c.seng
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