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In reply to the discussion: For the grammar police: One space after periods, people [View all]TlalocW
(15,381 posts)56. In high school for our senior English project
We had to buy some guideline that everyone agreed set the standard on how to do things on punctuation, endnotes, footnotes, etc. I can't remember the name of it. The teacher said that they come out with new guidelines every few years so people have to buy a new one. I learned two spaces after a period and a colon, and I will do that until the day I die!
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No. It was proper English punctuation to use two spaces after a period/end of sentence.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#95
Anyone who learned to touch type, learned two spaces... I agree that with proportional font that
hlthe2b
Feb 2013
#3
No, it is a typographical issue. Punctuation applies to writing, not typing "style."
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#23
And then along came HTML and the convention of ignoring extra whitespace by computers.
Coyotl
Feb 2013
#46
I remember being taught 2 spaces after a period too. But that was back in the days of typewriters.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#58
I believe the two-space thing was to deal with typewriters with monospace fonts.
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#88
I cant believe "back in the days of typewriters." I know it is so, but it doesn't feel "back in the
robinlynne
Feb 2013
#79
I typed too long with two spaces, can't stop now easily. Don't see what diff. it makes on blogging.
northoftheborder
Feb 2013
#104
In the middle of your second paragraph my eyes totally lost track of the place
lunatica
Feb 2013
#16
Only on computers, mon ami. On typewriters from back in the day? TWO spaces. This? One space.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#17
I was taught to put two spaces after a period and one after a comma and semicolon.
ananda
Feb 2013
#20
Two spaces after a colon, too, and capitalize the first word following the colon. eom
tledford
Feb 2013
#68
Two spaces was what I learned in high school typing class. Screw up and get a whap on the knuckles.
dorkzilla
Feb 2013
#32
The reason for double-spacing after a full stop: fixed-width fonts on typewriters.
Spider Jerusalem
Feb 2013
#39
My curse has always been run-on sentences. When I write one I can't cut down, it's a paragraph!
freshwest
Feb 2013
#120
I took the commerical course in high school and we learned two. I think even
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2013
#77
That is debatable, and is not used in certain businesses. In the legal world, one space is incorrect
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#90
I'll Stop Using Two Spaces When They Pry The Space Bar From My Cold, Dead Keyboard
ChoppinBroccoli
Feb 2013
#119