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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:34 AM Original message |
One space or two? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. In typewriter (fixed-pitch) fonts, use two. In variable-width fonts, use one. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I've never even noticed whether someone was using one or two spaces after a period. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The good news is that with modern variable-pitch fonts, ... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. In MSWord, you can check with the ¶ function |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Seconding Tansy Gold, that function is often called "show invisibles". |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I so relate to your last sentence! |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I've always much preferred WordPerfect |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I learned Wordperfect first and got use to it. Then Word came along |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. This is what I was taught as well. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. Bosses in general like it done their way. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. exactly n/t |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. 1 after a comma or semicolon, 2 after a period or colon. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Yup, that's how I learned it, too. |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. Same here |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. He's right - two spaces is wrong. It's a holdover from typewriter days |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. I guess I'm a hold over too |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is this the latest obsession? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'll agree it's not all that important, but curious. As I was taught in the 80's |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. When I was taught typing in the seventies it was two spaces as well, |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's actually possible that Microsoft is quietly fixing your two spaces... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I turn of auto correct off on principle |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. With the atrocious spelling and grammar I see in practically all online text.. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We purists (the few, the proud, the typographers!) ;-) |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Eh, If I was a text purist I'd have long since committed seppuku .. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. 4 sr! (NT) |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. these days I'm thrilled if people use capitals, punctuation and actual WORDS |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. WTH.... |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Maybe no one who accepts "who the hell gives a damn" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. i'm so glad this is being talked about. one space - always. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Always? Always? were you taught in typing class to use one space? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. One space |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
22. That does it. I've had it. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
23. One. Two is a waste. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Exactly. What reason exists for using two? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. why even capitalize? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. That's actually a good point. And that convention |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. ...a waste of {Space}. (NT) |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. 2. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. did you put on or two spaces before that smiley? |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Proper punctuation requires 2. |
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Madam Mossfern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. I won't use the numbers pad either |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'll give up my Smith-Corona Sterling portable when they pry it from my cold, dead hands |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
66. Some days I could use a typewriter |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was taught (old school) two spaces after a period, but modern typsetting rules... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. Typing is not typesetting. Even hot type used varying sizes of spacebanding to fit type. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. One. It's a computer, not a typewriter. (I used one; see how it's visually fine?) |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I just used two. See how it's visually fine. Can you see a difference? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. You may have typed two spaces (and they'll even be there if you edit your post), ... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I don't think it's visually fine at all |
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akwapez (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. I was taught to use 2, but then in the late 90's was told that it changed |
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AmandaMae (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. I was taught (in the 90's) to use 2. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. Back when I used a typewriter, two. Now, one. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. I only use 1 because I'm lazy and never noticed the difference. My grad supervisor had issues with |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. So now Assange is GUILTY |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. If anyone would like to read a very thorough discussion of this topic, see: |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. that was an enthralling conversation going on over there... |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. Wow. He must be a blast to hang out with. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. LOL |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. You'll pry my two spaces after a period out of my cold dead hands... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
55. LOL, one of my favorite old arguments! |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. Two because I'm old. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
58. 2 spaces looks better. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
59. When did it change? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. Two, dammit |
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May Hamm (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. Two, of course |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
65. Although I learned to type on an ancient 1920's typewriter, |
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