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6. I would have told you that too -

Wed Aug 20, 2014, 08:26 PM

Aug 2014

and I'm an older female. All I know is what I was taught in typing class in high school, and that was two spaces after the period.

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Salon.com: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period. [View all] LiberalElite Aug 2014 OP

I would have told you that too - LiberalElite Aug 2014 #6

I 100 percent ALWAYS put two spaces after a period yeoman6987 Aug 2014 #11

How come ... GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #21

It actually is two spaces yeoman6987 Aug 2014 #22

I would assume students do it because it takes up more space. Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #2

Too bad Manjoo is full of shit unrepentant progress Aug 2014 #3

I really like two spaces Depaysement Aug 2014 #16

Honestly I prefer a single space after periods unrepentant progress Aug 2014 #18

Um.....kinda odd to destroy their own thesis jeff47 Aug 2014 #4

25 years ago I worked for a lawyer LiberalElite Aug 2014 #7

the single space is to SAVE SPACE on the page. valerief Aug 2014 #13

I learned from Turabian salib Aug 2014 #5

^^^. ^^^ Lochloosa Aug 2014 #15

One more thing Salon and I are going to have to disagree on. Chan790 Aug 2014 #9

I read the whole piece, expecting to learn why this is important radiclib Aug 2014 #10

Apparently, the author thinks single spaces just look better. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #14

So the author says it comes down to aesthetics... SunSeeker Aug 2014 #12

This is something to get worked up about? Really? Brigid Aug 2014 #19

HTML will not reporduce two consecutive spaces in text. JayhawkSD Aug 2014 #20