i voted 1. however, after some additional thought, most of us should vote "varies" as when the period comes at the end 0f what i'm writing, i put no spaces. like right now.
blindspot - 13 years ago
This was settled in the 90s in the book, The Mac is Not a Typewriter. Most Word processing and desktop publishing software was programmed to automatically create the appropriate spacing between a period and the beginning of the next sentence, so there was no need to make the two spaces that one had previously used on a typewriter. Typewriters were antiquated and along with them their related techniques for text legibility.
Zsolt Banhegyi - 13 years ago
I'm dumbfounded. By the large number of two-spacers. How come this two-space version ever surfaced? After forty years of editing and reading in scholarly publishing I just can't but claim the two spaces to be out of style. I even deny the two-space solution for the typewriter. Just try to significantly enlarge the text with two spaces after periods, and it will be clear how clumsy the text has become.
Hey there, been following the site for a few months. In regard to the practice of periods, as I understand it, MLA Format is usually subjective about its periods, but most people ask for two on an essay.
As for AP style, it is far more common practice to use one space, especially when writing for publication.
Thanks for the great site, always interesting stuff
i voted 1. however, after some additional thought, most of us should vote "varies" as when the period comes at the end 0f what i'm writing, i put no spaces. like right now.
This was settled in the 90s in the book, The Mac is Not a Typewriter. Most Word processing and desktop publishing software was programmed to automatically create the appropriate spacing between a period and the beginning of the next sentence, so there was no need to make the two spaces that one had previously used on a typewriter. Typewriters were antiquated and along with them their related techniques for text legibility.
I'm dumbfounded. By the large number of two-spacers. How come this two-space version ever surfaced? After forty years of editing and reading in scholarly publishing I just can't but claim the two spaces to be out of style. I even deny the two-space solution for the typewriter. Just try to significantly enlarge the text with two spaces after periods, and it will be clear how clumsy the text has become.
Hey there, been following the site for a few months. In regard to the practice of periods, as I understand it, MLA Format is usually subjective about its periods, but most people ask for two on an essay.
As for AP style, it is far more common practice to use one space, especially when writing for publication.
Thanks for the great site, always interesting stuff