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re: Two Spaces or One Space after a Sentence?

Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:15 pm to
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
25633 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:15 pm to
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Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
1784 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:21 pm to
2 was for the teletype/typewriter days. Now a'days, one is the only way to go, if you're under 90.
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
37043 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:23 pm to
One - because we don’t live in a 1995 Typing Class.
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
74911 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:24 pm to
2, and I will go down with the ship.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
69985 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:25 pm to
quote:

I'm talking about the space between the period

Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:32 pm to
Put two if you want. I still do but almost all screen displays and printers use a proportionally spaced font which compresses it to one space.
Posted by CoachDon
Louisville
Member since Sep 2014
12409 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:33 pm to
Two spaces looks sloppy.

One is universally acceptable.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16650 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 12:39 pm to
1 on a computer
2 on a typewriter.

So 1
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 1:38 pm to
2, just like the number of dads in your home growing up.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77225 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

2, just like the number of dads in your home growing up.


That’s unnecessary
Posted by MLCLyons
Member since Nov 2012
4748 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 2:18 pm to
It's one now. The 2 spaces was a vestige of typewriters where 2 spaces was needed to better break the sentence. On a computer, the program already makes the space large enough that it's not an issue. I learned 2 spaces because I learned to type on a typewriter and sometimes still do it when I'm not thinking.
Posted by jbraua
Oklahoma City, OK
Member since Oct 2007
7125 posts
Posted on 11/8/18 at 2:25 pm to
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