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re: Two Spaces or One Space after a Sentence?

Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:23 am to
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101927 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:23 am to
I've used two spaces my entire life, and don't intend to change now.


I've heard arguments that two spaces is outdated and I should only use one, but frick that.


I also refuse to pronounce .gif with a soft g.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118916 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:25 am to
quote:

but the world is transitioning to 1 space



Why?
Posted by freeagent
Member since Oct 2014
908 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:29 am to
This is the first I’ve even heard of the one space thing, so I guess I fall into the two category.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32715 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:30 am to
Dunno. People today can barely form a proper sentence, so who gives a shite about punctuation...
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:50 am to
I've never heard of anybody using 2 spaces after a sentence. How old are you?

Why would you even do that? There's no reason to,
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31167 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:58 am to
quote:

2
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 10:58 am to
Two spaces made sense back when everyone used typewriters with fonts that weren't proportional. It visually helped separate sentences better.

Now that everything's a word processor with variable fonts, one space is enough and that's what I do. Anyone who disagrees can meet me at Sonic for a type-off.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67156 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:00 am to
dos
Posted by CQQ
Member since Feb 2006
17048 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:02 am to
quote:

LSUBoo


Waitin on you baw
Posted by Notro
Alison Brie's Boobs
Member since Sep 2011
7884 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:04 am to
Two spaces and no Oxford comma.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20397 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:06 am to
It’s one space now
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:14 am to
Old people use two, because typewriters had letters all of the same width. Now that we have programs like Word that have different width letters, people use one.

So....old people use two (or people taught by old people), and young people use one. Both are acceptable.


Eta: I learned to type on a typewriter and early computers, but once computers became worth a shite, I switched to one space
This post was edited on 11/8/18 at 11:19 am
Posted by Posty
Member since May 2018
119 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:26 am to
One, clearly
Posted by dawgsjlw
shite hole with your momma
Member since Sep 2014
826 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:27 am to
If you are a lazy pos, you use one space.
Posted by Slip Screen
Tomball, Texas
Member since Jan 2005
2107 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:52 am to
2
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22199 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 11:59 am to
I feel like y'all are all retarded. It's one. Y'all are all doing one in these responses.
Posted by SM6
Georgia
Member since Jul 2008
8801 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:03 pm to
I was taught to use two.
Posted by Shalimar Sid
Member since Feb 2005
9246 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:07 pm to
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Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
6381 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

It also separates those who care about doing things properly from those who are attempting to bastardize our written and spoken language in the interest of expediency.


Like using an electronic device to write instead of by hand.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5897 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:11 pm to
Two you friggin savages.
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