Hmmm am I crazy, or am I right?

[olds]

Originally posted by: aircooled
I Just asked our Senior Editor. He said either is acceptable. Giving the new York Times as an example of a a single spaced paper.

Single spaced?

 

[chambersc]

wow, i've NEVER heard about the two spaces thing.....

 

[sinucus]

I've done both depending on how it looked. I like the extra space it gives on formal writing and I think your boss is a jackass for making a big deal out of it. Just find/replace to shut him up.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: aircooled
I Just asked our Senior Editor. He said either is acceptable. Giving the new York Times as an example of a a single spaced paper.

Single spaced?

single spaced after sentances.

 

[hypn0tik]

2

 

[mb]

How old are you people that use 2? Did you grow up writing with a typewriter? I can't see any point in using two spaces today.

 

[shortspanishguy]

2

 

[T9D]

One

Wow I had no idea people ever used 2 spaces. It doesn't even look right. And you are posting on here with one space. Makes sense then to just keep it consistant and comform to the standard of one space today.

 

[Baked]

I don't know where you people get your writing style from, but the Chicago Manual of Style has this to say -

One Space or Two?
Q. Help. How many spaces do you leave after a colon in a manuscript?

A. One space after a colon. There is a traditional American practice, favored by some, of leaving two spaces after colons and periods. This practice is discouraged by the University of Chicago Press, especially for formally published works and the manuscripts from which they are published.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
that's how I learned in highschool to do it

that is what they taught me in typing class in high school as well

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: tk109
One

Wow I had no idea people ever used 2 spaces. It doesn't even look right.

Are you looking at typewriter written material? If not, then don't judge.

And you are posting on here with one space.

We all use one space on Anandtech. It parses down to one space no matter how many you type.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: supafly
How old are you people that use 2? Did you grow up writing with a typewriter? I can't see any point in using two spaces today.

i am forty years old and learned to use 2 spaces in a typing class in 1981 my sophmore year of high school. we learned on electric typewriters

<shrugs>

 

[Jawo]

I have always been taught to use one and therefore use one.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: supafly
How old are you people that use 2? Did you grow up writing with a typewriter? I can't see any point in using two spaces today.

I'm 28, and my typing class in junior high was on a typewriter. We were taught two spaces.
That said, unless I'm writing (as in fiction and such) I use one space.

 

[Furyline]

I don't know when I was taught it, but I always use 2. If I tried to change to 1 I think I would just go back to 2 without even thinking about it.

 

[SynthDude2001]

I've never used two spaces between sentences. I have heard in the past that it was more "correct", but it never looked right to me (and it's never mattered on any of my assignments either). Of course, I'm only 21 and have only ever typed on computers...

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
I've never used two spaces between sentences. I have heard in the past that it was more "correct", but it never looked right to me (and it's never mattered on any of my assignments either). Of course, I'm only 21 and have only ever typed on computers...

preach it brother!

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I was always taught 2.

same here

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

My understanding is that 1 space is appropriate, although I remember using 2 in HS and undergrad.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: supafly
How old are you people that use 2? Did you grow up writing with a typewriter? I can't see any point in using two spaces today.

29 - that's the way I learned in HS Typing (~1992) and they way I still use it for everything but web-based writings.

But, being a programmer, I'm used to reading and writing with mono-spaced fonts, so two spaces is a necessity for reading ability.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I'm 28, and my typing class in junior high was on a typewriter. We were taught two spaces.
That said, unless I'm writing (as in fiction and such) I use one space.

Now that I think about it, same here! I'm 25 but at some point in junior high I learned typing on a real fancy typewriter. No idea why we had that kind of setup but I remember the class and I remember learning the 2 spaces after a period but in practice I never ended up using it.

 

[halik]

never heard of that...look it up on MLA hand book

 

[Toonces]

Always used 1... was never taught differently but then I learned typing on computers.

I'm 23 and have written at least 80 university-level papers for my Honours BA; never once have I double spaced or has a prof. ever required/commented on the issue; including my English profs.

Maybe it's a US school thing?

 

[CKent]

I was taught 2 in school and have done it ever since.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: dullard
Old machines and old fonts required it. Thus it was taught. I still do it.

Computers and proportional fonts eliminated the need. Thus it isn't needed any more. Most style guides will now say 1 space. If you do the 2 spaces, you learned old obsolete information. You might as well move yourself from the typewriter era to the computer era. I fight that myself.

It is very easy to just do a search and replace for two spaces, so it isn't a big deal when you are working together on a project.

dullard is correct. I researched this about 10 years ago and discovered the same thing.