Why was two spaces needed for typewriting, but not now?
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megan walker - Oct 04, 2009 2:12:59 pm PDT #381 of 3094
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tiggy - Oct 04, 2009 2:13:16 pm PDT #382 of 3094
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for what it's worth, i was taught two spaces after a period on a computer.
Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2009 2:16:35 pm PDT #383 of 3094
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As was I. I was confused when I got to college and discovered it was okay to just use one space. It took me a while to break the habit. Hell, I still see it sometimes.
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Yeah, what was with 2 spaces, anyway?
Amy - Oct 04, 2009 2:18:53 pm PDT #385 of 3094
Because books.
Yeah, what was with 2 spaces, anyway?
I think everything was given equal weight/space on a typewriter? So it was maybe to help distinguish that it was indeed a period, and the end of a sentence?
I'm not sure; there's a lot of typesetting from newspapers, etc., that predates me.
Barb - Oct 04, 2009 2:20:27 pm PDT #386 of 3094
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for what it's worth, i was taught two spaces after a period on a computer.
Me too. As part of the prescribed style for academic papers.
Fay - Oct 04, 2009 2:35:57 pm PDT #387 of 3094
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Una - Oct 04, 2009 3:02:50 pm PDT #388 of 3094
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Two spaces after a period! My mom drilled that into me on the computer, but I reckon she learned it on the typewriter. I used it religiously until grad school when a journal to which I was submitting a paper specified one in no uncertain terms. That was a tough paper to write, but by the end I was retrained. *space space* "Gahh!!" *backspace* I still prefer two, though.
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JenP - Oct 04, 2009 3:06:59 pm PDT #389 of 3094
I still use two spaces, but I don't have editors to drive crazy with that habit, so I don't think I'll change it. I learned to type on a typewriter, but I think when I was in college we were still expected to use two spaces. Or not. I don't really know, but no one ever complained about it.
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