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LynneSin

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11. I have a 1000 word rant about that!!!!

Reply to tk2kewl (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 01:26 PM

Apr 2012

(that's my 1000 word rant with all the white spaces removed)

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Putting only one space after a period: How should offenders be punished? [View all] LynneSin Apr 2012 OP

doesn't work with html: 10 spaces here-> <- ret5hd Apr 2012 #1

COLLAPSE ALL THE WHITE SPACES! tk2kewl Apr 2012 #2

I have a 1000 word rant about that!!!! LynneSin Apr 2012 #11

No, the old 2 space visual is distracting in digital. RadiationTherapy Apr 2012 #3

I used to do that, and then all my translation clients said not to. Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #4

I have trouble working up any genuine umbrage over this issue. yellowcanine Apr 2012 #5

Burnt Umbrage was my favorite color OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #22

Sometimes you almost get all snitty but not quite. It's called taking penumbrage. n/t dimbear Apr 2012 #32

At first I thought you were wrong OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #44

Love it. !!! n/t dimbear Apr 2012 #45

sorry, doing book typesetting/composition we were taught only 1 space. n/t Scout Apr 2012 #6

Yep. I did typesetting/composition for many magazines RebelOne Apr 2012 #13

Ad guy here: one space Auggie Apr 2012 #27

Yep. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #48

You're not the boss of me. bluesbassman Apr 2012 #7

They should be made to choose: Turbineguy Apr 2012 #8

A dragon shall decide RedCloud Apr 2012 #9

i'm a recovering print reporter fizzgig Apr 2012 #10

Serial sentencers are a pox on creativity. bluedigger Apr 2012 #12

Easy for you to say. cliffordu Apr 2012 #51

That's not the case any longer. MineralMan Apr 2012 #14

You can pry my second space after the period from my cold dead hands! That's how I feel. LynneSin Apr 2012 #15

Ha! HTML wiped out all your double spaces. MineralMan Apr 2012 #16

I expect two spaces! That is how I was taught. It also A Simple Game Apr 2012 #28

their rejection of obsolete formatting and standards should be punishment enough fishwax Apr 2012 #17

Single space. Double space. Why would anyone use single? Denninmi Apr 2012 #18

I see - it's not us. It's the damned computers. Denninmi Apr 2012 #19

I'm with you. Kali Apr 2012 #20

And I thought I was the only person who uses 2 spaces and full sentences while texting! CottonBear Apr 2012 #35

If I abbreviate while texting it usually involves a period. Kali Apr 2012 #38

I finally have learned where the apostrophe and the comma are on my cell phone. CottonBear Apr 2012 #39

If I was taught two-spaces in that old typing class in eighth grade kentauros Apr 2012 #42

I have the same pet peeve but I mostly go the opposite way on this. MadrasT Apr 2012 #21

One space is the new two spaces. Editors want ms with only one. nolabear Apr 2012 #23

what we were taught in typing class has no bearing on publishing style rules grasswire Apr 2012 #24

It took me six months to learn NOT to reach for the return lever for each line csziggy Apr 2012 #41

Quite often, the EXTREME importance of space can NOT be underestimated... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #25

Don't most word processing programs auto-correct to 1 space now? Iris Apr 2012 #26

They should be locked in a room with a smelly cat. taterguy Apr 2012 #29

Or a gaseous dog. nt zanana1 Apr 2012 #36

They should be given a glass of milk and a cookie... jmowreader Apr 2012 #30

Um... Bolo Boffin Apr 2012 #31

Thank you for this, Lynne Sin. nt. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2012 #33

Said the memo from the Redundant Department of Redundancies Department. baldguy Apr 2012 #34

Two spaces is obsolete. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #37

They should be "punished" with getting published! kentauros Apr 2012 #40

I'm sorry, with the advent of computers, mzteris Apr 2012 #43

Their punishment is the pitiful and pointless lives they must endure. More like apes than humans. Throd Apr 2012 #46

I agree, with one exception.... ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #47

I think this is what you meant: Make7 Apr 2012 #49

Will Farrell uses their skulls for a cowbell. krispos42 Apr 2012 #50

When the ex-wife OxQQme Apr 2012 #52

They should be sat down and forced a2liberal Apr 2012 #53