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Subject:RE: Spaces after full stop From:Gause_Brian -at- emc -dot- com To:<dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:42:39 -0400
A pity? I'd say it's par for the course. All language degenerates over
time, not as a result of thoughtful, refined improvements, but as a
result of mistakes and lazy usage. To see the grammar of a language
change in the same way is exactly what a Linguist would expect...
As for a specific answer to this question, unless your company has a
style guide that you must follow, the new standard is one-space.
Brian
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Subject: Re: Spaces after full stop
In the end, I still use two spaces after end of sentence periods within
paragraphs because I find them more aesthetically pleasing that way.
It's just a pity that a deficiency in the more common word processors
have driven others to abandon the practice. :-(
-- Dossy
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Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/
"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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