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One space or two after a full-stop?
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Originally posted by Chugnut View PostCan't imagine why IT types are branded nerds with a thread of this calibre.
Personally, I'm a spaces man (preserves formatting between editors)Coffee's for closersComment
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Originally posted by Beefy198 View PostJust the one. Though "back in the day" my mum used to use a typewriter and was always taught two.Comment
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Originally posted by Chugnut View PostCan't imagine why IT types are branded nerds with a thread of this calibre.
Perhaps you work in sales?Comment
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Spacing after full stop
There are three main conventions relating to the number of spaces used to separate sentences within the same paragraph:
- one widened space, typically two to three times wider than an inter-word space (traditional typography)
- two spaces (English Spacing or American Typewriter Spacing) The two spaces convention was brought out by the use of monospaced font on typewriters, and carried on solely by tradition. Most fonts used in word processors since the mid 1990's have the correct spacing already adjusted, rendering the traditional double space after a full stop obsolete.
- one space (French Spacing)
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Originally posted by Chugnut View PostCan't imagine why IT types are branded nerds with a thread of this calibre.
I'm enjoying the responses though.
If any of you geeks want to join Xeno's How to be Cool Club, send me a PM.Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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Originally posted by Bob Dalek View PostThe big question is: space or no space before an ellipsis ... ?
If you are using the ellipsis within the same sentence, then no space; if you are using the ellipsis between sentences, then include a space beforehand.
That's what CMOS says, anyway.Comment
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Originally posted by Chugnut View PostCan't imagine why IT types are branded nerds with a thread of this calibre.
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