who STILL does this?
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1 space to bind them. 1 space to rule over all.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Ray Cassick wrote:
If you do you should ALL BE SHOT!
Wow - you would shoot people for an extra space here and there? Why does it bother you? I never even notice it.
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
:omg: How empty is your life, if this is all you have to worry about? Boy! how I envy you. (I would have put double spaces between sentences on this post, but they get stripped out :( )
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Space... the final frontier.
In space no one can hear you scream.
Steve Jowett ------------------------- Real Programmers don't need comments -- the code is obvious.
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Ironically the answer is in your question. :cool:
Ray Cassick wrote:
When typing a paper
I'm pretty sure that this is a hangover from using typewriters. And while I no longer write using pen and paper, I think it was also a 'rule' applied to writing. "Leave more space after a period ending a sentence, than the space you leave between two words." :) Any reason why this is causing you such great angst.? :)
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It is a fall over from using mono-spaced fonts, I get that, but we have been in proportionally spaced land now for some time now. I think it is time that some folks just got used to it. For those that complain that they have just been doing it that way for a long time… sorry… time to change. Do you use the same excuse when syntax changes in new languages?
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Ray Cassick wrote:
When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence?
Given that double-spacing after a terminator only fell out of fashion for idiots who right-align every single piece of fluff they spew out of a word-processor, there has never been any reason not to correctly double-space after a terminator. Confess: You right-align everything, don't you? Stop it at once, and go back to correctly spacing after a terminator!
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
I was working on a report with somebody a few weeks back. I started the document and laid down a good amount of the foundations, then I handed it off to him. When I got it back he had thoughtfully gone through it and inserted an extra space after each period, justified the text and changed the font. :mad: I let the justification and font change stand, but I did a search and replace to restore sanity to and remove the double space madness.
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:omg: How empty is your life, if this is all you have to worry about? Boy! how I envy you. (I would have put double spaces between sentences on this post, but they get stripped out :( )
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(I would have put double spaces between sentences on this post, but they get stripped out)
Non-breaking spaces work.
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I do it, can't help it. My fingers just double tap the space bar after each full stop. Nothing I can do about it. Could try breaking them to teach them a lesson I suppose, but not sure it would really achieve anything.
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It is a fall over from using mono-spaced fonts, I get that, but we have been in proportionally spaced land now for some time now. I think it is time that some folks just got used to it. For those that complain that they have just been doing it that way for a long time… sorry… time to change. Do you use the same excuse when syntax changes in new languages?
yes
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Ray Cassick wrote:
If you do you should ALL BE SHOT!
Wow - you would shoot people for an extra space here and there? Why does it bother you? I never even notice it.
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Steven J Jowett wrote:
(I would have put double spaces between sentences on this post, but they get stripped out)
Non-breaking spaces work.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Ray Cassick wrote:
When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT!
I still do it, and I'll shoot back (but of course, you probably knew that).
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
As a writer, I still double-space after periods. Whether it's necessary from a technical standpoint is irrelevant. It looks cleaner with two spaces, as I see it. It's easier for the eye to follow it, and when you're writing fiction, you don't want people to be distracted by difficult formatting.
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Is that quite a few people have put double spaces after their full stops, without realising the the browsers will ignore the additional spaces unless you use or
pretags. Ah well.My current favourite phrase: I've seen better!
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Ray Cassick wrote:
When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence?
Even though this is not a question, I'll answer its intent: yes.
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So you want us to be like you and hit enter twice before starting our next sentence? :-D
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Kschuler wrote:
So you want us to be like you and hit enter twice after before starting our next sentence?
Yes.That's what he wants. Hmmmm. At least, I think that's what he wants. Frankly I'm not even sure if I should be using one space after a period.Or perhaps none at all. Can I still use one space after a comma? I'm so confused now.All I know is two spaces after a period is bad.Every sentence as it's very own paragraph,good. Oooh. Now I've got it. If I just do every sentence as it's own paragraph I'll never have to worry about how many spaces to put after each period. ;P PS Just for the record. I still put two spaces after a period. It just seems right to me. One after a comma, two after a period. :-O
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When typing a paper and ending a sentence, you put in a period then hit space TWICE before starting the next sentence? If you do you should ALL BE SHOT! Come ON, I think we have progressed just a bit here into the proportionally spaced fonts to NOT have to do that anymore? Please? Can we just end the madness? I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
Ray Cassick wrote:
I looked all over and tried to locate a setting that would NOT allow this as valid thinking that it was most likely a fall over form the older days of mono-spaced fonts, but I can’t seem to find a place to mark this as ‘wrong’ (IE: Green underline it).
In MS Word 2007: Office button - Word options - Proofing - When correcting spelling and grammar in Word - Settings - Require - Spaces required between sentences - 1.
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