phillyb Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 so... 2 spaces after a period is something old people do? I didn't know. always been a double spacer And it's a dying breed too, I used to do it and have dialed it back to just one space after a period. One grammatical thing that I've been seeing the past few years is a space before punctuation. It drives me fucking nuts. This is what I'm talking about btw . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY Chief Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Matchbook under the 8 track so it only played one song at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 ;950169]And it's a dying breed too, I used to do it and have dialed it back to just one space after a period. One grammatical thing that I've been seeing the past few years is a space before punctuation. It drives me fucking nuts. This is what I'm talking about btw .Those are typos dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Nah, I see people do it every single sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greffecheveux Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 age is a subjective concept but its effects are well felt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greffecheveux Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 La pose d'implants capillaires n'est rien d'autre que la greffe cheveux propos?e dans le cadre d'un s?jour m?dical tout compris en Tunisie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Those are typos dude. Nah' date=' I see people do it every single sentence.[/quote'] Took this screenshot last night...very intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Took this screenshot last night...very intentional. It is very stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 ;950188]Took this screenshot last night...very intentional. That's probably a keyboard setting on his phone. Definitely not proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Might be...like there's a space added automatically when you complete word? IDK, I've seen that a LOT over the past few years and it irks the fuck outta me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 so... 2 spaces after a period is something old people do? I didn't know. always been a double spacer Yes. That "rule" was created because monospaced font on old typewriters made it difficult to see where the actual sentence break was. Computers have made the double-space after a period irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 You learn something new everyday. I still double space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I had to build an entire presentation to present to some of the senior managers at my old job, because they didn't believe me when I said that double spacing after periods on $10m business proposals made us look like fucking children lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 That's fucking hilarious. hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 So they actually teach kids in English/grammar/ELA classes to only use one space after periods now? I doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 So they actually teach kids in English/grammar/ELA classes to only use one space after periods now? I doubt that. Idk what the kids are doing these days, but they taught me two spaces. Assuming that kids aren't typing in fucking Inconsolata, it should be single space. There are very few occasions where any monospacing would be used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I learned how to type in school in 1994. At no point were we told to do either a single or a double space, so we just did single spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Idk what the kids are doing these days, but they taught me two spaces. Assuming that kids aren't typing in fucking Inconsolata, it should be single space. There are very few occasions where any monospacing would be used. Whether you think it looks childish or not, I am pretty sure American English grammar is two spaces after a period. I'll have my wife ask her coworkers who teach English/ELA/grammar/typing just to be sure. If its not the way its taught anymore, well, I'll continue to keep doing two because that is what I was taught and its second nature. Although, I did notice long ago that whenever you do the "double space makes a period" shortcut on an iphone it only produced one space after the period. I've always wondered why that was the case, so, maybe you're right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Whether you think it looks childish or not, I am pretty sure American English grammar is two spaces after a period. I'll have my wife ask her coworkers who teach English/ELA/grammar/typing just to be sure. If its not the way its taught anymore, well, I'll continue to keep doing two because that is what I was taught and its second nature. Although, I did notice long ago that whenever you do the "double space makes a period" shortcut on an iphone it only produced one space after the period. I've always wondered why that was the case, so, maybe you're right? Two spaces is not a grammar issue, it's literally because of monospaced text and printing. I've taught writing too, you don't need to ask them lol. AP Style, Chicago and MLA all recommend one space. I think APA still uses two spaces, but APA is really only used in academia. Ultimately, it's a style choice more than anything, but the two-space rule is absolutely outdated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew a Penalty Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I'm pretty sure how spacing is taught now is entirely at the discretion of who's teaching it. I had a conversation on it a couple of days ago with a few of my buddies. Two of us grew up learning about double spacing after a period while two of us didn't. We're all in college. I'd say double spacing is far from standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Well then I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 back on topic: calling operator for an emergency breakthrough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wow, ok. Totally forgot about that. How about *69 to find out who called, but also *67 to block your number! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Albatrosss Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Wow, ok. Totally forgot about that. How about *69 to find out who called, but also *67 to block your number! *67 is still used. I used it myself couple of days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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