re: Two Spaces or One Space after a Sentence?

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Spacesareforpussies.nooneusesspacesanymore.Thisisyourfuture.Screwgrammer.

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I see a space! You lying pos

I've changed from 2 to 1 with the constant variable spacing in MS Word. Under the old Word Perfect I would have said 2 all day. But the automatic variable spacing in Word, which you can't turn off, doesn't really display a difference between one space and two except in the unusual circumstance that it causes a word to move to the next line, creating ridiculous spacing in the remaining words in the line. So, the short and correct answer is, if you use Word, 1 space.

2

Two

I go with one space, but I use justified margins anyway so it spaces as needed. Justified margins looks better and settles any debate on this.

I'm 25 and was taught one space. Two spaces were necessary for typewriters and that carries over through someone's life. I'd imagine most who learned how to type before the mid 90s uses two spaces.

2 because this isn't Nam. There are rules!

Official MLA tyle is now one space. Two was easier to read when letters were spaced weirdly on typewriters. Now that letters are more central in modern fonts, your eyes can catch the punctuation easier, which negates the need for a double space.

Two is now seen as pretentious.