How many spaces after a full stop/colon? - Page 4

James_Wilde · 09-05-2013, 02:02 PM

Well, one thing we've established is that there are a lot of old buggers in mobileread.com!

Penforhire · 09-16-2013, 09:54 PM

I came across an interesting article on the history of spaces after periods, did I miss this linked somewhere else?

http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324

gmw · 09-16-2013, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Penforhire

I came across an interesting article on the history of spaces after periods, did I miss this linked somewhere else?

http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324

Page 2, post #23 ... but it's a good enough article to be worth repeating.

James_Wilde · 09-25-2013, 03:30 PM

BTW, GA Russell, if you learned to type in 1966 and your avatar is a picture of you, I'd like to know what anti-wrinkle cream you use.

Marseille · 11-01-2013, 10:14 AM

In answer to the op, I learned double after a sentence even though I grew up with computers and even learned to type on one. I never felt like changing my habit, nor did I ever feel pressure to in academia even though I wrote a lot across a wide range of disciplines and had some pretty detail oriented profs. Not sure if I just wasn't paying attention when I learned, but I never did put two spaces after a colon.

The first time I confronted the single space dogma, it had the kind of fervor from the xkcd strip attached below. In real life, I've never heard anyone who uses double spaces try and demand it of someone else.

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Originally Posted by alt text

'The monospaced-typewriter-font story is a COMPLETE FABRICATION! WAKE UP, SHEEPLE' 'It doesn't matter! Studies support single spaces!' 'Those results weren't statistically significant!' 'Fine, you win. I'm using double spaces right now!' 'Are not! We can all hear your stupid whitespace.'

Freeshadow · 11-01-2013, 12:38 PM

Better not overusing them.
Space is an unforgiving bitch they say.

kennyc · 11-01-2013, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by David Marseilles

In answer to the op, I learned double after a sentence even though I grew up with computers and even learned to type on one. I never felt like changing my habit, nor did I ever feel pressure to in academia even though I wrote a lot across a wide range of disciplines and had some pretty detail oriented profs. Not sure if I just wasn't paying attention when I learned, but I never did put two spaces after a colon.

The first time I confronted the single space dogma, it had the kind of fervor from the xkcd strip attached below. In real life, I've never heard anyone who uses double spaces try and demand it of someone else.

I was just going to come here and post that.

JSWolf · 11-01-2013, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

wars have been started over less. (wasn't there something about the number of angels who could dance on the head of a pin?)

None. The pin is too small and the angels too big.

JSWolf · 11-01-2013, 05:08 PM

It's time now for some Musical Phonetic Punctuation.

barutanseijin · 11-09-2013, 06:42 PM

2 spaces for me, and i learned on a computer. My laptop kbd is a piece of crap & the space bar is kind of unresponsive. I write with a markup language rather than a Whatyaseeizwhatyamightget word processor, so it's not such a huge deal.

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09-05-2013, 02:02 PM	#46
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	Well, one thing we've established is that there are a lot of old buggers in mobileread.com!

09-16-2013, 09:54 PM	#47
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	I came across an interesting article on the history of spaces after periods, did I miss this linked somewhere else? http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324

09-25-2013, 03:30 PM	#49
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	BTW, GA Russell, if you learned to type in 1966 and your avatar is a picture of you, I'd like to know what anti-wrinkle cream you use.

11-01-2013, 12:38 PM	#51
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,792 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	Better not overusing them. Space is an unforgiving bitch they say.

11-01-2013, 05:08 PM	#54
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,983 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	It's time now for some Musical Phonetic Punctuation.

11-09-2013, 06:42 PM	#55
barutanseijin Nxfgrrjks Posts: 99 Karma: 925422 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New York, NY Device: aura hd	2 spaces for me, and i learned on a computer. My laptop kbd is a piece of crap & the space bar is kind of unresponsive. I write with a markup language rather than a Whatyaseeizwhatyamightget word processor, so it's not such a huge deal.

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