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I just noticed...
Jul 1, 2022 01:46:36 #
I learned two spaces in Typing class on a manual typewriter. I'd bet it was changed to one by publishers to save on paper. At work the company changed the default font to Calibre to save on toner cartridges.
Jul 1, 2022 06:38:09 #
robertjerl wrote:
Well, then they have a lot of double spaces to rem... (show quote)
"I learned on an early IBM electric in High School in 1959"
They had electricity in your school back then??? (Huge Grin)
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Jul 1, 2022 07:37:24 #
Common language/writing skills are devolving rapidly. I therefore have little respect for new trends in language/writing. Two spaces is correct.
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Jul 1, 2022 07:40:05 #
JD750 wrote:
I am in the camp of placing two spaces after a period. I just noticed UHH removes the double spaces.
I always have used (or have tried to use) two spaces -- because it looks better, and is more readable!
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Jul 1, 2022 08:12:00 #
How much extra does the additional space cost? I'm guessing it's all down to money saving yet again! LOL.
Ray.
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Jul 1, 2022 08:14:37 #
One space, two spaces, how much does it really matter???? 
Jul 1, 2022 08:17:42 #
I used 2 spaces between sentences until a few years ago. Apparently, that rule was recently confirmed as 1 space between.
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Jul 1, 2022 08:29:35 #
Just Shoot Me
Loc: Ithaca, NY
robertjerl wrote:
Well, then they have a lot of double spaces to rem... (show quote)
Wanna write something in code that an 18 year old won't be able to decipher, use cursive.
Jul 1, 2022 08:30:37 #
JD750 wrote:
I am in the camp of placing two spaces after a period. I just noticed UHH removes the double spaces.
Yes, I do the same thing. Double spacing has been the rule for years, but it died away during the digital age. I still do it, even if the Web deletes the second space. I also use the Oxford comma.
Jul 1, 2022 08:31:35 #
Just Shoot Me wrote:
Wanna write something in code that an 18 year old won't be able to decipher, use cursive.
They'll be in a world of hurts for transcribing old documents.....
Jul 1, 2022 08:31:49 #
Longshadow wrote:
One space, two spaces, how much does it really matter????
2 - 1 = 1
It "matters" one space.
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Jul 1, 2022 08:33:41 #
Jul 1, 2022 09:50:35 #
Daryls
Loc: Waco, TX
JD750 wrote:
I am in the camp of placing two spaces after a period. I just noticed UHH removes the double spaces.
The standard was to use two spaces following ending punctuation in typewritten documents because of the fixed-spaced fonts used. It made reading the documents much easier. With computers and word processors we mostly use variable-spaced fonts, so only a single space is required following ending punctuation to make reading easier.
Daryl
Jul 1, 2022 09:54:51 #
Daryls wrote:
The standard was to use two spaces following ending punctuation in typewritten documents because
Yes, and after colons and semicolons, too.
Jul 1, 2022 09:57:51 #
I just looked up the rule at this website:
https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/is-there-1-space-or-2-after-a-period/
Seems that the rule is one space after punctuation.
https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/is-there-1-space-or-2-after-a-period/
Seems that the rule is one space after punctuation.
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