1 or 2 spaces after a full stop?

Treefrog: Using fullstops in a chat room for instance just looks rude, or high and mighty. It just does, even though it shouldn't.

Notice how I put " ' " in shouldn't. I could have put "shouldnt" and people would know still know what i mean. So really, it shouldn't matter what i put, this is just a casual forum. Aslong as people don't type stupidly LiKe ThIs! AnD witH no GraMMr it DoEsNT£ Mtt3R


all I was pointing out is that is generally taught that there are 2 spaces after a full stop, and one after a comma! and I don't see why anyone would complain about this, if anything its a good idea
 
One space, two spaces looks stupid.

One sandwich cut in half becomes two halves of one sandwich. It is still one sandwich.

The meal at 12pm is lunch and not dinner. Hence the reason we have lunceon meat. Dinner is considered to be at 6pm. Tea-time is an afternoon lunch and not a proper meal.

It is, and always has been:

Breakfast > Lunch > Dinner > Supper.

NOT

Breakfast > Dinner > Tea > Supper.

People who get this all mixed up and say dinner instead of lunch do my head in!

I've had my rant! :D
 
Nix said:
It is, and always has been:

Breakfast > Lunch > Dinner > Supper.

NOT

Breakfast > Dinner > Tea > Supper.
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Only if you're posh.

I have dinner and tea. Supper? Now you're really showing your poshness :p ;)

K.
 
Clarkey said:
2 spaces after a full stop, anything else is incorrect, end of story.
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The articles posted explain this away nicely. Properly spaced fonts and whatnot have pretty much done away with the need for the double space. It's just a relic of when we used typewriters.

*newspaper industry professional typesetter*

(ex)
 
Feek said:
Only if you're posh.

I have dinner and tea. Supper? Now you're really showing your poshness :p ;)

K.
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I don't have supper, just trying to show perspective. Tea-time and dinner are easily confused and I accept that but I cannot bare people getting dinner and lunch mixed up! :rolleyes:

"What you having for dinner then?" *Takes a bite out of a sandwich*

"What do you mean? I've already had dinner..."

"It's only 12pm, WTF? That's lunch!"
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Me, posh? lol.

I'm from Saarfend mate!
 
Aruffell said:
Breakfast - 7am - 10am
Lunch - 12pm - 2pm
Dinner 5pm - 8pm

Stop being posh and eating too many meals in a day :)

Andy
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Supper, if anyone actually has it. I know I don't, is just usually a snack before bed. Fat beggers. :p
 
Nix said:
The meal at 12pm is lunch and not dinner. Hence the reason we have lunceon meat. Dinner is considered to be at 6pm. Tea-time is an afternoon lunch and not a proper meal.

It is, and always has been:

Breakfast > Lunch > Dinner > Supper.

NOT

Breakfast > Dinner > Tea > Supper.

People who get this all mixed up and say dinner instead of lunch do my head in!

I've had my rant! :D
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It's not that simple, dinner can be in the middle of the day, before tea if it's the chief meal of the day.

Dictionary.com

Lunch
1. A meal eaten at midday.
2. The food provided for a midday meal.

Dinner
1.
  • The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
  • A banquet or formal meal in honor of a person or event.
  • The food prepared for either of these meals.
2. A full-course meal served at a fixed price; table d'hôte.

Supper
1.
  • A light evening meal when dinner is taken at midday.
  • A light meal eaten before going to bed.
2. A dance or social affair where supper is served.

Tea
1.
  • An eastern Asian evergreen shrub or small tree (Camellia sinensis) having fragrant, nodding, cup-shaped white flowers and glossy leaves.
  • The young, dried leaves of this plant, prepared by various processes and used to make a hot beverage.
  • An aromatic, slightly bitter beverage made by steeping tea leaves in boiling water.
  • Any of various beverages, made as by steeping the leaves of certain plants or by extracting an infusion especially from beef.
  • Any of various plants having leaves used to make a tealike beverage.
  • A tea rose.
  • Chiefly British.
    1. An afternoon refreshment consisting usually of sandwiches and cakes served with tea.
    2. High tea.
  • An afternoon reception or social gathering at which tea is served.
  • Slang. Marijuana.
 
Nix said:
Supper, if anyone actually has it. I know I don't, is just usually a snack before bed. Fat beggers. :p
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Indeed, i have toast before i go to bed.

Don't really call it supper, because i'm not posh :D

It's just a late night snack.

Andy
 
Gilly said:
5pm is far too early for dinner. That is tea, dinner is at 7:30-8pm :)
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At least you're not saying lunch time is at 6pm and dinner is 12pm like 3 of my flatmates do! It drives me up the wall!
 
Gilly said:
5pm is far too early for dinner. That is tea, dinner is at 7:30-8pm :)
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Some people eat dinner at 5pm.

I have mine at 6:30.

Then i can sit down at 7 and watch telly with a big belly and a drink :D

Andy
 
Aruffell said:
Indeed, i have toast before i go to bed.

Don't really call it supper, because i'm not posh :D

It's just a late night snack.

Andy
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Breakfast > Lunch > Dinner / Tea > Midnight Munchies
 
Nix said:
It is, and always has been:

Breakfast > Lunch > Dinner > Supper.
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In my case it's

Breakfast > snack > snack > lunch > snack > snack > dinner > snack > snack > supper > snack > snack with drinkies thrown in at various points along the line.

As for the OP, I've only ever used one space and have never seen a proffesional publication which uses more than one, so as far as I'm concerned it's one - regardless of any nonsense taught in schools nowadays.

Stan :)
 
Nix said:
At least you're not saying lunch time is at 6pm and dinner is 12pm like 3 of my flatmates do! It drives me up the wall!
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Well, I'm about to have my dinner actually :p

Sunday Roast with the family round = Sunday Dinner :)
Aruffell said:
Some people eat dinner at 5pm.
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No they don't, they have tea ;)
 
Gilly said:
Well, I'm about to have my dinner actually :p

Sunday Roast with the family round = Sunday Dinner :)No they don't, they have tea ;)
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Aye, I call it Sunday Dinner too. But it is the main meal of the day, just slightly earlier in the day.

Roast beef? :D
 
Gilly said:
Well, I'm about to have my dinner actually :p

Sunday Roast with the family round = Sunday Dinner :)No they don't, they have tea ;)
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Tea is what you drink out of a cup.

My day includes -

Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Snack
Dinner
Snack
Snack
Snack
Bed

Andy
 
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