JimothyNot in front of the foxhe's with the owlRegistered Userregular
edited January 2009
I have never in my 21 years heard of double-spacing after a period. Double-spacing lines, sure. Doesn't Word put a little red line if you do that, or correct it automatically?
I generally take Word at its word, which is why it bugs me when people can't tell the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash (--).
Also, I was taught to put the comma in before the "and" in a list, although I didn't know there was a term for it. But it makes the most sense, as when you read it out loud there is a pause before the "and" anyway.
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JimothyNot in front of the foxhe's with the owlRegistered Userregular
If you are talking about punctuation using text and do not incorporate said punctuation into the statement somehow, then you don't like the punctuation enough; one of those unwritten rules of writing, something you just know.
*snip*
Also, I was taught to put the comma in before the "and" in a list, although I didn't know there was a term for it. But it makes the most sense, as when you read it out loud there is a pause before the "and" anyway.
It's called the Oxford Comma and it's what the cool kids use.
I have never in my 21 years heard of double-spacing after a period. Double-spacing lines, sure. Doesn't Word put a little red line if you do that, or correct it automatically?
I generally take Word at its word, which is why it bugs me when people can't tell the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash (--).
While I was in grade school and still using Word, it would use green lines (to state that there is a grammatical error) whenever something was not double spaced.
I have never in my 21 years heard of double-spacing after a period. Double-spacing lines, sure. Doesn't Word put a little red line if you do that, or correct it automatically?
I generally take Word at its word, which is why it bugs me when people can't tell the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash (--).
While I was in grade school and still using Word, it would use green lines (to state that there is a grammatical error) whenever something was not double spaced.
After sentences? That is NOT the default setup. Someone changed the parameters. By default it absolutely calls you out if you doublespace.
I have never in my 21 years heard of double-spacing after a period. Double-spacing lines, sure. Doesn't Word put a little red line if you do that, or correct it automatically?
I generally take Word at its word, which is why it bugs me when people can't tell the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash (--).
While I was in grade school and still using Word, it would use green lines (to state that there is a grammatical error) whenever something was not double spaced.
After sentences? That is NOT the default setup. Someone changed the parameters. By default it absolutely calls you out if you doublespace.
This is the case for me, but I am not bold enough to assume this was the way of the Word in an earlier version. (Campion is old lol)
It's possible that it was a regional setting I guess that entailed within it acceptance for doublespacing, but I don't know which region would do that.
two spaces between sentences has never been a thing in my lifetime*
[tiny]*which is probably like half of your lifetime[/tiny]
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GRMikeThe Last Best Hope for HumanityThe God Pod Registered Userregular
edited January 2009
When I format or edit newsletters I always keep it one space between sentences because that is what you do with Block text editing for print. When I am typing a paper or an email; always two spaces.
When I format or edit newsletters I always keep it one space between sentences because that is what you do with Block text editing for print. When I am typing a paper or an email; always two spaces.
When I format or edit newsletters I always keep it one space between sentences because that is what you do with Block text editing for print. When I am typing a paper or an email; always two spaces.
wow you like defy history here
since two spaces was used expressly for newspapers and typesetting and all that
and was done away with (or so we thought) once the typewriter came along
AND MADE IT A BARBARIC, ARCHAIC PRACTICE
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I generally take Word at its word, which is why it bugs me when people can't tell the difference between a hyphen (-) and a dash (--).
Also, I was taught to put the comma in before the "and" in a list, although I didn't know there was a term for it. But it makes the most sense, as when you read it out loud there is a pause before the "and" anyway.
Why... How can a person feel that way?
Notepad has the most ugly font, it is almost unreadable.
People only like the interrobang because it sounds like fucking the information out of somebody.
We apparently don't know how to edit posts either...
It's called the Oxford Comma and it's what the cool kids use.
ie pencil and paper? how many spaces should we use then?
STEAM!
While I was in grade school and still using Word, it would use green lines (to state that there is a grammatical error) whenever something was not double spaced.
This is the case for me, but I am not bold enough to assume this was the way of the Word in an earlier version. (Campion is old lol)
two spaces between sentences has never been a thing in my lifetime*
[tiny]*which is probably like half of your lifetime[/tiny]
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KILL THE HALF-BREED!
wow you like defy history here
since two spaces was used expressly for newspapers and typesetting and all that
and was done away with (or so we thought) once the typewriter came along
AND MADE IT A BARBARIC, ARCHAIC PRACTICE
Ha ha! Bang.
Seriously, look at this li'l fucker: ‽
Shit yes.
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Shit, one space between sentences, and now they're overlapping punctuation?
What kind of lazy fucks are behind this?
There is a difference between laziness and efficiency.
This post is much better when read with a terrible German accent.
They're the same, for all intensive purposes.