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Spaces between sentences.

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How many spaces between sentences?

  • Single space after period.

  • Double space after period.

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Absolution75 said:
I'm calling it: tyranny of the majority!!
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Majority of the US also doesn't believe in evolution. Should scientists just throw up their hands and give up because the public is running on outdated knowledge?

Again, how many of you guys who voted for double space don't think continents are stationary or think humans breath through gills in the womb? Or that blood is blue before it "hits the air"? Or that your thumb isn't a finger?
 
i'm 37, was taught two spaces but that's changed now it seems. the more correct option now is one space after a period. i find it better now anyway.
 
I had to grammar nazi some stuff I was checking that was customer facing. It is a major pain counting spaces after sentences but every single occurrence had to get reported. 😱
 
ElFenix said:
chicago manual of style says one space.
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good reference point. looking up the other biggie for grammar style, the MLA, this is what they have to say:

"Publications in the United States today usually have the same spacing after a punctuation mark as between words on the same line. Since word processors make available the same fonts used by typesetters for printed works, many writers, influenced by the look of typeset publications, now leave only one space after a concluding punctuation mark. In addition, most publishers' guidelines for preparing electronic manuscripts ask authors to type only the spaces that are to appear in print.

Because it is increasingly common for papers and manuscripts to be prepared with a single space after all punctuation marks, this spacing is shown in the examples in the MLA Handbook and the MLA Style Manual. As a practical matter, however, there is nothing wrong with using two spaces after concluding punctuation marks unless an instructor or editor requests that you do otherwise."


so either is ok, but they are already choosing to use single space as the primary example and it is trending as the standard style and will only continue to grow.

soon enough, single space will be the de facto standard.
 
Dumac said:
Again, how many of you guys who voted for double space don't think continents are stationary or think humans breath through gills in the womb? Or that blood is blue before it "hits the air"? Or that your thumb isn't a finger?
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You seem to be implying that the use of a single space has a scientific basis. That's more than bit retarded.
 
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another one space victory, the associated press stylebook.

http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/The_rule_stands_One_space_after_a_period_Period_9587.aspx

and "Exhibit C: A little background from Wikipedia: “Double space (English Spacing). This convention stems from the use of the monospaced font on typewriters. If the ribbon were too dry the visibility of the period would be reduced significantly. Adding two spaces after the period ensured that the reader would know where the end of the sentence was if the period didn't strike properly. This historical convention was carried on by tradition until it was replaced by the single space convention in published print and digital media today.”"
 
Dumac said:
I can't believe these results.

How many of you guys who voted for double space don't think continents are stationary or think humans breath through gills in the womb?

Or better yet that blood is blue before it "hits the air" or that your thumb isn't a finger?
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lol ok.

Sometimes people try to sound smart, yet end up sounding dumb.
 
5 years of graphic design school told me that single space is correct. Interestingly enough that is the only useful thing I learned as an art major.
 
Sorry, i didn't read responses. My mom always told me two spaces after a period. I've always done that and have never had any complaints from professors. In order to lengthen papers and such, that could end up coming quite in handy as long as your prof. doesn't care. Just sayin'
 
l0cke said:
Until this thread, I've never heard of anyone using double space. Just more proof that ATOT can argue about anything.
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This

Im shocked at the results... 50% of people here seriously use double space? Ive never even heard of that before, nor was it taught in school where I come from

Is this another retarded american thing like imperial measures? That would explain it
 
grammar is not equivalent to science where there are things like hard facts of nature to indicate what is 'correct'.

language changes, there can never be a hardline 'correct', only a customary or 'recommended for the current time period'.

if language was static there would be only ONE language on the planet... unless you're a creationist in which case anything goes and logic does not apply
 
ShadowOfMyself said:
This

Im shocked at the results... 50% of people here seriously use double space? Ive never even heard of that before, nor was it taught in school where I come from

Is this another retarded american thing like imperial measures? That would explain it
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Nope. It is a formal education thing.
 
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