scottydl
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I'm a year shy of being 40 years old, and just recently learned (through my wife's official researching on writing/blogging) that it's no longer considered proper to put a double-space after a period. So I'm trying it in this post. Oops I just double spaced right before "Oops" by habit.
I've been typing this way since learning decades ago, but I guess the practice goes back to manual typesetting in the 1920's or so. Slightly larger spaces were placed after each sentence for readability, and the double-space rule was adopted with typing machines to keep that trend. But now it has been abandoned in official writing circles. Don't these sentences look too close together? ???
(When I wrote my thesis and finished my Master's Degree last year, none of my professors said a peep about spaces between sentences. So maybe it's not all that universal yet. Anyone else over 40 having a problem with this? )
I've been typing this way since learning decades ago, but I guess the practice goes back to manual typesetting in the 1920's or so. Slightly larger spaces were placed after each sentence for readability, and the double-space rule was adopted with typing machines to keep that trend. But now it has been abandoned in official writing circles. Don't these sentences look too close together? ???
(When I wrote my thesis and finished my Master's Degree last year, none of my professors said a peep about spaces between sentences. So maybe it's not all that universal yet. Anyone else over 40 having a problem with this? )