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re: When typing a word document do you use one space or two spaces after the period?
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:17 pm to BayouBlitz
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:17 pm to BayouBlitz
quote:
APA's Publication Manual (6th edition) includes information on punctuation and style, including the number of spaces after a period.
In specific, section 4.01 (p. 87-88) of the Manual covers "Spacing After Punctuation Marks."
For periods, APA prescribes three different scenarios...
One space after periods that separate parts of a reference citation
One space after periods that are initials in a personal name
Two spaces after periods that are at the end of a sentence
WHY does APA ask you to do this?: "Spacing twice after punctuation marks at the end of a sentence aids readers of draft manuscripts" (p. 88).
When following APA's instructions, please realize that it is no longer common to ask for double spacing after a period at the end of a sentence. Most grammar and style guides will tell you to include only one space after that period.
Also note that most instructors are happy with the normal one space after a period. When in doubt, ask.
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Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:17 pm to CE Tiger
One. Though I am sure habit leads me to use two at times.
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I have long wondered what the economic impact of the second space has been in the technology and information era.
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I have long wondered what the economic impact of the second space has been in the technology and information era.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:19 pm to CE Tiger
2
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:23 pm to CE Tiger
Always used two.
Can't get used to how it looks with just one.
Can't get used to how it looks with just one.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:32 pm to The Third Leg
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I have long wondered what the economic impact of the second space has been in the technology and information era.
It's set us at least 150 years behind. Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:45 pm to htownjeep
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Blaze your own trail. Go 3.
This is just fricking anarchy. We don't just use however many spaces we want for the same reason we don't hump outside or throw poo at each other, we're not fricking animals.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:09 pm to CE Tiger
2
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Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:11 pm to CE Tiger
What am I... A dirty hippy?
2 for pete's sake.
2 for pete's sake.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:17 pm to LT
How does a topic like this make it to 5 pages?
Posted on 6/3/14 at 4:22 pm to CE Tiger
2, I don't change with every newfangled whim. Using one space will probably die out just like that horrible metric system they tried to convert us to.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 5:10 pm to LucasP
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We don't just use however many spaces we want for the same reason we don't hump outside or throw poo at each other,
You should try humping outside and poo-throwing too, they're liberating.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:03 pm to CE Tiger
Two
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:19 pm to CE Tiger
Used to use two. Now use one. Only use two after a colon.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:53 pm to CorkSoaker
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What about exclamation points? I love exclamation points!
Maybe I don't use my exclamation points as haphazardly as you do.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:53 pm to CE Tiger
always have used two and there is no point in changing now...
Posted on 6/3/14 at 6:54 pm to NoHoTiger
I'm a 2 space man
Posted on 6/3/14 at 7:20 pm to TigerPox
quote:That's how it was taught using fixed width (monospace) type fonts when typewriters were the only show in town.
2. That’s how I was taught.
Please see: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.
"The problem with typewriters was that they used monospaced type—that is, every character occupied an equal amount of horizontal space. This bucked a long tradition of proportional typesetting, in which skinny characters (like I or 1) were given less space than fat ones (like W or M)."
"The only reason today's teachers learned to use two spaces is because their teachers were in the grip of old-school technology."
Posted on 6/3/14 at 7:22 pm to tigerpawl
Five pages on this shite? WTF
Always two, btw.
Always two, btw.
This post was edited on 6/3/14 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 6/3/14 at 7:26 pm to LuckyTiger
quote:Why?
Always two, btw.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 7:26 pm to tigerpawl
"Never ever" is a little much, no? It's a convention, after all. Because the historical reasons for the convention are more widely know than for others doesn't make it less so.
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