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re: 1 or 2 spaces after a period?

Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:12 pm to
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11865 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:12 pm to
2. 36 y.o.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
36388 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:13 pm to
Always 2, I’m 32.
Posted by wheelr
Banned
Member since Jul 2012
5851 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:17 pm to
Some of our writers use two spaces after a period. It can frick up the line/paragraph spacing when I use their text in other software.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41359 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:18 pm to
One.

32


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I also have all my documents “Justified” so one spaces, two spaces, make no difference.
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 4:24 pm
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
17685 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:19 pm to
1 space

I'm over the hill
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
4063 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:21 pm to
1 space. Over 60.

You two-spacers need to get with the times.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:22 pm to
2 spaces. 54.
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
2040 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:22 pm to
You are correct. People need to step into the 90s.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53086 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:23 pm to
quote:

One space.

Two spaces is a relic from the typewriter

That's what I learned to type on in school with correction tape. When we got word processors it was the shite.
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
5425 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:24 pm to
2. Always 2. Learned to type on an IBM Selectric.
Posted by lnomm34
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
12702 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:25 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 9:24 am
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
8686 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:25 pm to
quote:

Only Queers use 2 spaces.


This makes sense, the guy who taught us typing was a bit feminine.
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
31664 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:26 pm to
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I don't give a shite why it started or what's happened since

2 spaces looks cleaner than 1 space

dying on this hill, get off my lawn, etc.

Under 40
I work with legal documents & contract administration. We use standard block (justified) and spacing takes care of itself. Paralegal still uses 2 spaces as standard form for legal documents, purchase agreements, and standard contracts.
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 4:28 pm
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3851 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:29 pm to
54 and was never taught or used two spaces.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24768 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:30 pm to
One brah
Under 40
Never even heard of using two
Never used a typewriter
This post was edited on 8/5/20 at 4:37 pm
Posted by Skeet Mc
Member since Dec 2006
2947 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:30 pm to
Two spaces, 50.

One space after a period is for philistines and their millennial ilk.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:31 pm to
quote:

54 and was never taught or used two spaces.

If you are 54, you were taught and used two spaces.
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19312 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:33 pm to
Proper is one space before each period .
Posted by td1
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2015
3144 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:33 pm to
2 spaces, bc I’m not a heathen. Over 40.
Posted by swolverine
Member since Jun 2020
1966 posts
Posted on 8/5/20 at 4:36 pm to
1 space. I’m a man. I’m 40.
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