One Space... Or Two?

Wow, stulid you manage to be pompous, insulting AND wrong all in one handy package. That takes dedication, man. Maybe a don should swap that fraudulent little 'l' in your name for a more suitable 'p'?






Anyway, I've only ever heard of using a single space to follow punctuation; and I've never had an editor change my copy to include double spaces (or they have altered it and not told me). But then, what do editors know?!
 
Forde said:
Wow, stulid you manage to be pompous, insulting AND wrong all in one handy package. That takes dedication, man. Maybe a don should swap that fraudulent little 'l' in your name for a more suitable 'p'?






Anyway, I've only ever heard of using a single space to follow punctuation; and I've never had an editor change my copy to include double spaces (or they have altered it and not told me). But then, what do editors know?!
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Nothing, just like you I guess.

steve-h said:
I hope if I do you don't forget to check, because I wouldn't want to work with you!
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Like I said earlier, trust me you couldn't, you probably couldn't spell the company name, all five letters of it.
 
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stulid said:
Nothing, just like you I guess.
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Raymond Lin said:
My boss is REALLY strict on this, he can spot if it's one or two spaces, he will edit and print his letter again just for that. Also 3 lines after yours sincerely to his name for his signature, 4 lines is too many. When using a numbered bullet points, the number is not indented but line up with the edge of the left of the letter, the whole letter also justified. Etc etc etc.

He calls it "window dressing" a lot of times but it is also professional, and the little things do matter.
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I've worked with someone like that, it does help to make things look professional if you keep it all consistent but realistically it doesn't matter hugely whether to keep it consistent you use one space or two/bullet points indented or not etc provided you always do the same. There comes a point though where you're simply chasing a view of perfection when the alternative is equally as good.

stulid said:
Exactly.

All other ways is wrong.
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All other ways are not wrong, some other ways are wrong e.g. using no spaces after a full stop. Can I ask why you're so entrenched in a position where the "wrong" option is barely, if at all, worse for legibility than the "correct" one? It just seems a rather odd bugbear to have and be so vitriolic about.
 
Two spaces after a full stop and one after a comma.

That's how I was taught both at school and university.

I have never seen a word processor auto-correct two spaces after a full stop before.

The lack of two spaces on a website is just a limitation of HTML, you can still do it but it's not as easy as just pressing the space bar twice. Personally, I think that this is the main reason why more and more people use just the one space i.e. more and more people are using the internet.
 
nydryl said:
Really surprised at the answers here. Always two after a full stop and one after a comma. That's the way proper written text should be anyway. Obviously on a forum it doesn't matter but for essays and the like it does.
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Not at all. Most Uni's wouldn't expect it (well, certainly not in scientific writing). Its as old as moving in a few spaces for each new paragraph. Totally outdated and un-necessary. If in doubt (i.e you are writing some work for an employer / uni) ask them what they prefer.
 
semi-pro waster said:
Can I ask why you're so entrenched in a position where the "wrong" option is barely, if at all, worse for legibility than the "correct" one? It just seems a rather odd bugbear to have and be so vitriolic about.
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He's not entrenched in a single opinion about punctuation; he's entrenched in stubborn stupidity. He insults other users of these boards quite freely for what he perceives as incorrect English while writing error-laden posts himself. I think before considering himself qualified to comment about commas and full stops he should learn capitalisation at least.

He's either a blatent troll or an unpleasant idiot!
 
stulid said:
Well I sincerely hope none of you ever type a job application letter to me, it would just end up in the bin, as it seems to me the quality of English language and sentence structure being taught at schools is poor.
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pretty funny considering the use of double spacing has nothing to do with language and sentence structuring and everything to do with the medium used.

I wouldn't work for a moron employer who felt that strongly about a subject he clearly knows nothing about.
 
It's still two spaces after a full stop.

So many wrong people in this thread it is a shame the education you received is rubbish.
 
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