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Its used to accentuate the gap between sentences if you use a monospace font. If you don't, you don't.
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One space is correct! Never heard of this two spaces thing??
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I was always taught and have used double spaces after full stops. I didn't think anybody ever used one space just lol suppose I never thought about it.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
one space.

who taught you to use 2 spaces? the school for retards?

yes i know i never use caps, before some silly twat points that out

[Edited on 04-03-2013 by Ben G]

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that's ian's doing, wise arse.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Its used to accentuate the gap between sentences if you use a monospace font. If you don't, you don't.


Aren't most fonts fix width though?
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No? How can you say l is the same width as O
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Double for me
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Double space after a full stop. Got taught that at school. One space after a comma, two spaces after a full stop.

Might be a generation thing. I personally think standards are lower these days anyway.

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by smcGSI16V]
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It's two spaces. Although nobody cares and uses one. Including me.

Just so you all fucking know.
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I have never heard of it.           10 spaces is the future.
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If you double tap space bar in windows 8 it puts a fullstop in for you automatically

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quote:
Originally posted by smcGSI16V
Double space after a full stop. Got taught that at school. One space after a comma, two spaces after a full stop.

Might be a generation thing. I personally think standards are lower these days anyway.

[Edited on 05-03-2013 by smcGSI16V]
as above. I don't do it now but was learned it in school.
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If you double tap space bar in windows 8 it puts a fullstop in for you automatically
same with Apple Macs since many decades ago. iPhone does it as well I use it instead of putting a full stop as its easier.
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Originally posted by John
Anybody who's writing something that people might actually read won't have done a word processing exam.


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Never do it. Some people at work do but it looks stupid. Always the older people that do it.
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It's supposed to be two, but not many people really do it, and I done bother with it.

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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
quote:
Originally posted by John
Anybody who's writing something that people might actually read won't have done a word processing exam.


Dick.


True story, on both counts.
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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100072634/why-using-two-spaces-after-a-full-stop-is-wrong-period/

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html
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weird that some have never heard of it, especially Hammer.

i never bother, thought Word did it automatically.
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
Never even heard of double spacing, sound ridiculous.
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ITT: students that make their essays look longer with double spaces and normal people that use one.

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