Is that why new manuscript I get has 10pt added after?
Also, when did they decide that margins should be 1.25 inches? 1 inch was already plenty.
I basically have a checklist of formatting things I now have to do to all new manuscript. Annoying.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Delurking 1: Because we don't always check our e-mail.
megan walker - Oct 04, 2009 1:25:31 pm PDT #364 of 3094
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
victor infante - Oct 04, 2009 1:27:14 pm PDT #365 of 3094
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Adventures in great juxtaposition:
Hello, I'm Kevin (how did you guess?), and I currently live in Liverpool in the UK.
followed by:
You can also do a find and replace, which is how I just fixed the current MS. Let's see if it sticks.
Equals now trying to "find and erase" the prime minister. I can think of a few politicians I'd like to try that on ...
Mala - Oct 04, 2009 1:31:05 pm PDT #366 of 3094
I have to stop myself from reformatting other people's comments in code to remove the extra spaces. It's just not done, but if I were in charge it would be.
Steph L. - Oct 04, 2009 1:34:17 pm PDT #367 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I was trained in two spaces in grad school and have stood firmly by the habit, but lately, I've been hearing mutterings of it being as outdated as organdy aprons.
Only lately?
Oh my good god, NO. This is a leftover from typewriters, babe. NO need for it now. I take out all those extra spaces, every manuscript I edit, and grumble about it the whole time.
This. Two spaces after a period is of the devil, and although we have a macro to take care of it, we still mutter imprecations.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 1:41:06 pm PDT #368 of 3094
“Not dead yet!”
Only lately?
Really, only lately. At least, none of my editors ever seemed to care one way or the other. Where I've begun hearing the grumblings are for editors for e-publishers.
ehab - Oct 04, 2009 1:41:35 pm PDT #369 of 3094
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
I guess the two spaces thing dates me as I learned to type on a typewriter and have never successfully broken the habit of two spaces; I now live in fear of posting more than a sentence here, expect poorly punctuated run on sentences henceforth.
Hil R. - Oct 04, 2009 1:47:55 pm PDT #370 of 3094
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I have never gotten out of the habit of two spaces after a period, either, and it was only within the past few years that I ever heard there was debate. In high school, some teachers would take off points for assignments turned in with only one space after each period.
Amy - Oct 04, 2009 1:50:38 pm PDT #371 of 3094
Because books.
Oooh, I hate that too, but I set a custom template for my Word docs, so I rarely have to deal with it.
Teach me!
Steph L. - Oct 04, 2009 1:50:52 pm PDT #372 of 3094
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I now live in fear of posting more than a sentence here
Oh, don't! Seriously. For all the editors/writers here, I've never seen anyone lay a grammar smackdown on anyone else. The serial comma debate is just good-natured heckling between nerds.
And even the editors/writers here don't have flawless grammar when posting. God knows *I* don't.
davers - Oct 04, 2009 1:51:16 pm PDT #373 of 3094
Yeah, well....
Kevin, which Prime Minister and why didn't it stick?