One Space... Or Two?

sbi5ar · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:45

Evening All...

When writing/typing, how many spaces do you leave after a full stop?

Just something that has come up in friday night conversation

(maybe a poll? one, two, three, pancake)

B@Th*nG · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:47

you're supposed to leave 2 iirc, but i only ever leave 1

B@

Skillmister · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:48

stulid · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:48

Its two, and one after a comma. like this.

SourChipmunk · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:48

Mono-spaced fonts should use 2 spaces after a full stop or a colon; proportional-width fonts use one space after any punctuation.

edit: supporting evidence: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/spaces-period-end-of-sentence.aspx

orderoftheflame · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:48

Jokester · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:49

Pretty sure leaving 2 spaces after a full stop went out of fashion along with typewriters.

Throrik · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:49

Two as I was taught. However my mother was a typist when she was younger.

Feek · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:51

stulid said:
Its two, and one after a comma. like this.

This is correct.

Maccy · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:51

Surely it depends on what you're writing? Still, I only ever do one.

Wizzfizz · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:53

One, as it's a waste of space.

.Lethal · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:55

B@Th*nG said:
you're supposed to leave 2 iirc, but i only ever leave 1

B@

I must inform you that I, also, have been informed the same.

Azza · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:56

Two. Well not on here if I'm typing fast, but in an essay I will put two spaces.

loltim · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:58

Craig321 · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:58

stulid said:
Its two, and one after a comma. like this.

Doesn't work on vBulletin forums

It's two.

loltim · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:59

stulid said:
Its two, and one after a comma. like this.

Feek said:
This is correct.

It's it's, not its?

stulid · 11 Feb 2011 at 20:59

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.

Energize · 11 Feb 2011 at 21:09

I've never seen a published book use anything other than one space.

aardvark · 11 Feb 2011 at 21:11

stulid · 11 Feb 2011 at 21:13

Energize said:
I've never seen a published book use anything other than one space.

Pre-school Ladybird books don't count.