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Originally Posted by dwig
There were a number of kluges used on typewriters that should be avoided today, including the double-space after a period (double stop) or similar.
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What about the seven- character elipsis?
I actually had a prof who would auto-fail a paper if you tried using a three-period elipsis, or a one- character one. Course he was a Modernist jerk, but he was also the one guy in the department who gave scantron tests.