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antnee
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Yay or nay?

I have always known to double space after a full stop, but some mates in uni think its all wrong and it should just be one space. I can't find anything of worthy source to say one way or the other.
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4th Mar 13 at 21:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was under the impression that it was only 1 space.
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Double space. I've always been taught.


Edit: Although some people are saying it's not needed in all circumstances.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing

[Edited on 04-03-2013 by nathy_87]
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4th Mar 13 at 22:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I only ever use 1 space.
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4th Mar 13 at 22:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Double space is proper

[Edited on 04-03-2013 by Shelly]
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John has spoken. 1 space.
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I always use one space. Never been taught to double space.
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4th Mar 13 at 22:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
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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4th Mar 13 at 22:11   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yay
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Was taught double space in terms of lining (for essays/marked material) but not double space after a period/full stop, seems a little odd to me.

Edit - So it was a formatting issue with typewriters, hence the double space.

[Edited on 04-03-2013 by Dom]
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I've done my word processing exams... It's 2 spaces after a full stop!
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Anybody who's writing something that people might actually read won't have done a word processing exam.
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Bit harsh John.
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
I've done my word processing exams... It's 2 spaces after a full stop!


Why? What reason is there to double space after a period now that we use computers that format spacing correctly?
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Never heard of it. Though that Wikipedia link says that the font handles it so I'll just carry on doing as I do. You'll notice that the double spaces you've lovingly added to your posts on here all get ignored by your web browser too.

[Edited on 04-03-2013 by ed]
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single space muppet
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I think the proper thing to do is to double space... but it's something I never learnt at school or every been told to do!
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4th Mar 13 at 22:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Perhaps it's a generation thing
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Pow works at a top ten grammar school so must be correct.
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Never even heard of double spacing, sound ridiculous.
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Pow works at a top ten grammar school so must be correct.


Boom

1 space here.
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Also, topical thread, it's National Grammar Day.
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Pow works at a top ten grammar school so must be correct.


all boys, i heard.
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4th Mar 13 at 22:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Awww yeah

One space all the way
antnee
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I went to 2 good schools, both best in county and its never been picked up before hand.

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