MSX Basic Question

Even slightly shorter:

10 A$="manuel-san wa ichiban ookii hito desu"
20 A=INSTR(A$," "):IFATHENA$=LEFT$(A$,A-1)+MID$(A$,A+1):GOTO20
30 PRINTA$

Or this version which is slightly longer, but uses a FOR/NEXT loop instead of a GOTO statement. This means it doesn't need its own line, which could be useful for 10-line BASIC contests etc:

10 A$="manuel-san wa ichiban ookii hito desu":FORA=1TO0STEP-1:A=INSTR(A$," "):A$=LEFT$(A$,A+(A>0))+MID$(A$,A+1):NEXT:PRINTA$

Thanks guys! And indeed, alter A$ is the way to go. Learnt something. Great!