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Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:55 pm to CE Tiger
Doesn't word automatically change it to 1.5 when you use a space after a period?
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:55 pm to CE Tiger
quote:
I've always used two and always will.
What about exclamation points? I love exclamation points!
This post was edited on 6/3/14 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:55 pm to NoHoTiger
what are you comfortable with , noho?
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:55 pm to CorkSoaker
quote:
What about explanation points? I love explanation points!
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:56 pm to CE Tiger
I still do two
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:56 pm to Seymour
I always use two when typing. Old habit that is hard to break. When I'm typing on my phone I just use one. Double tapping the spacebar gives that period and one space.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:56 pm to CE Tiger
I've trained myself to use two spaces and I'm not stopping now.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:56 pm to bamafan425
quote:Find and replace ". " (period+space) with ". " (period+space+space). That will give you an extra length on your thesis.
Writing my thesis as we speak. I really fricking hope it's one space.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:58 pm to Mr Fusion
or make the periods 2 fonts bigger. It can increase the page length by about a page for every 8 pages typed(double spaced)
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:59 pm to CE Tiger
Two. That is what I was taught in writing classes all the way through school. I didn't know that this writing style had changed.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:59 pm to CE Tiger
Two.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:59 pm to CE Tiger
One if you're texting your dope dealer or loling at a Bieber tweet.
Two if you're a fricking grownup.
Two if you're a fricking grownup.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:59 pm to CE Tiger
One space, unless typing a manuscript in Courier font.
The two space rule was created in the days of typewriters that always used monospaced type (like courier), meaning every character occupied the same amount of horizontal space and the distance between each character was the same, so a double space between sentences made it easier to read and separate one sentence from the other.
The two space rule was created in the days of typewriters that always used monospaced type (like courier), meaning every character occupied the same amount of horizontal space and the distance between each character was the same, so a double space between sentences made it easier to read and separate one sentence from the other.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:01 pm to Deactived
Two was standard for manual typewriters.
With word processors, letter spacing was automatically adjusted where a "I" doesn't take the space of an "M" and two spaces after a period was no longer needed.
ETA. What he ^ said.
With word processors, letter spacing was automatically adjusted where a "I" doesn't take the space of an "M" and two spaces after a period was no longer needed.
ETA. What he ^ said.
This post was edited on 6/3/14 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:01 pm to CE Tiger
One like a normal human.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:02 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:
the answer is one space.
now, 20 years ago it was two spaces.
This is correct. I had a technical writing seminar a couple of years ago and the instructor referenced a writing manual (I forget the name) and said that the rules have changed. I like to mix it up myself. :)
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:02 pm to CE Tiger
Word automatically does two even if you hit space once so this debate is moot
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:02 pm to Bullfrog
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was no longer needed.
Problem with you old fogies. Cant adapt to change.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:02 pm to CE Tiger
quote:
two spaces after the period
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