1 or 2 spaces after a full stop?

2 meats (typically beef and chicken), yorkshire puds, 2 taties (varieties, not just 2 taties), peas, carrots, stuffing, onion gravy...

Mmmmm :cool:

Though I did type beer instead of beef and yorkshire pubs instead of puds. Think I need a drink :p

Aruffell said:
Tea is what you drink out of a cup.
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I don't drink tea.
 
Gilly said:
2 meats (typically beef and chicken), yorkshire puds, 2 taties (varieties, not just 2 taties), peas, carrots, stuffing, onion gravy...

Mmmmm :cool:

Though I did type beer instead of beef and yorkshire pubs instead of puds. Think I need a drink :p


I don't drink tea.
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Well, what a lot of people drink out of a cup/mug.

Andy
 
Gilly said:
2 meats (typically beef and chicken), yorkshire puds, 2 taties (varieties, not just 2 taties), peas, carrots, stuffing, onion gravy...

Mmmmm :cool:

Though I did type beer instead of beef and yorkshire pubs instead of puds. Think I need a drink :p


I don't drink tea.
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Making me jealous. :p

Ooh, I have a chicken breast in the freezer I think. I might be able to make myself a roast chicken today! :D
Only problem is that I only have beef gravy.

Chicken & Turkey gravy > Beef gravy

Gilly probably calls it a brew. ;)
 
ArmyofHarmony said:
Treefrog: Using fullstops in a chat room for instance just looks rude, or high and mighty. It just does, even though it shouldn't.
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I don't understand that viewpoint but I'll accept that it comes across that way to some. It can be an absolute nightmare (and occasionally hilarious) to try to decipher where one sentence ends and the next begins though. I also don't see how pretending not to know how to write something clearly can be seen as a good thing. I can see the reasoning behind shorthand on a 12 key phone keypad, but not on a 102 key keyboard.
ArmyofHarmony said:
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. As long as people don't type stupidly LiKe ThIs! AnD witH no GraMMr it DoEsNT£ Mtt3R
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Although with your example shouldnt is not going to mean anything other than shouldn't, whereas the apostrophe in "it's" changes the meaning. So you end up with people replying to what they think you mean which might not be what you actually mean.
ArmyofHarmony said:
All I was pointing out is that it 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.
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I've only come across this once, and recently, so I'd question your use of "generally" there. It seems more that it's an idea which has taken off recently for the reasons suggested. I can see that some people would find it useful - to me it's just annoying and unnecessary though. And it just looks "wrong" too!
 
ArmyofHarmony said:
Treefrog: Using fullstops in a chat room for instance just looks rude, or high and mighty.
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What a load of BS. Its just shows you have a grasp of the english language rather then being 'high and mighty'.

Burnsy
 
Gilly said:
2 meats (typically beef and chicken), yorkshire puds, 2 taties (varieties, not just 2 taties), peas, carrots, stuffing, onion gravy...

Mmmmm :cool:
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/Drools Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :)

Stan :)
 
Note to the southerners: I'm from the North and the word "Lunch" does not exist in my spoken vocabulary. Forcing myself to type the horrible word was hard enough.
 
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Treefrog said:
I've only come across this once, and recently, so I'd question your use of "generally" there. It seems more that it's an idea which has taken off recently for the reasons suggested. I can see that some people would find it useful - to me it's just annoying and unnecessary though. And it just looks "wrong" too!
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I had never heard of this until I read this thread and I'm 40, so I agree that any claim that this is "generally taught" is, at best, an exaggeration.

Stan :)
 
Two after a full stop, one after a comma.

I was taught that when you write, you are supposed to write as if it was being read. A comma, with one space, is a half breath - time to breath, while not ending the spoken sentence. Two spaces after the full stop signify a break in the continuing paragraph long enough to take a full breath to begin the next sentence.

How I was taught, both at school, uni and journalism school. It is standard practice in written Media, no matter what anyone else seems to think (or at least it is wherever I've come across it). Editors and Copywriters will just send it back and make you correct it if it's any other way, as will publishers. (Unless it's entered into media that automatically corrects, which some do have now) :)

And whoever it was that lives with secretaries that say 'one space', they would never have got through the inital 'test' when they came for an interview! :) If you're not in the media though I suppose it doesn't matter, case of personal preference?

Edit: Just came across this which sums it up quite well!
Full stops go at the end of sentences that are statements. You do not put a space before a full stop, but you do need at least one space after one (two spaces for purists).
 
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kitten_caboodle said:
I was taught that when you write, you are supposed to write as if it was being read. A comma, with one space, is a half breath - time to breath, while not ending the spoken sentence. Two spaces after the full stop signify a break in the continuing paragraph long enough to take a full breath to begin the next sentence.
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Dude, that's exactly what the comma and full stop signify already! That's why they're different, and why we also have colons, semi-colons, exclamation and question marks. The spaces show where one word ends and the next begins, the punctuation indicates how it should be spoken.
 
Gilly said:
Two spaces :) Space isn't defined by size or quantity :p
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I meant that as a joke lol, meant to add a :p

I don't need glasses either, I can easily tell the difference between a comma and full stop plus capital letters, it's just being considerate to those who might not have such good eye sight maybe

edit/ and Kitten is right about the spaces signifying how long you should take a breath for, it sounds stupid but I remember learning that in school and I'm not a retard that needs to be told when to breath in and out by the way :p
 
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If im using Word, I use one space, im pretty sure if you do one space in Word after a full stop its a large size space, thus negating the need to bother with double spaces.
 
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