One space or two?

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by white85carrera

Probably not a Bloom County crowd here, but they made a big big push on this a few years back, I never knew it was an issue before that.

Bill!! aack...thppht



I think Dallas is still pickled.

Speaking of pickled, I'm out of herrings, and Opus is coming over this weekend.

[wswartzwel]

I thought this was another parking lot thread..

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Yer not old until you realize that you will never ever have to worry about a resume again

I know I am weird in many different ways.

I have never had, or put together a resume. I was offered a job while I sat in my desk in English class at school while a junior in high school. I worked for him for 6.5 years, moved to OKC, looked in the newspaper, the first place I went to hired me on the spot. I worked there for 26 years until digital photography took over the world and made us a buggy whip company. The remains of that company were bought by a rival and I worked there for three years until my former boss recommended me to a a man in the Aerial photo business. I worked there for 13 years until once again digital put that company out of business because they would not invest in digital. Now I work for myself and we have some pretty cool digital aerial platforms that would be science fiction just 10 years ago.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I've always typed two spaces after a period - ever since I took typing in HS. (Just over 40 years ago.)

I saw just recently that Microsoft now considers that an error, and also that resume scanning software detects the extra space. "Two spaces after the period on your resume - dude, you're old - much too old for this job."

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/24/21234170/microsoft-word-two-spaces-period-error-correction-great-space-debate

This article from 2014 basically says the same thing -

Nothing Says Over 40 Like Two Spaces after a Period!
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/two-spaces-after-period/

So, now I'm struggling with typing two spaces after periods, and then deleting one to "fix it." Am I the only one?

I'm aware that Microsoft just changed their software. I assume that I can keep typing 2 spaces and it will correct to one, but if it doesn't, I don't care.

It is interesting that resume scanning software looks for 2 spaces.

Originally Posted by livi

Two spaces. Anything else looks sloppy and hasty. Yes, I am old.

Yeah, me too.

Originally Posted by john70t

The more important question..two trailing periods or three...?
I never used to to use them, but now find the thoughts flow faster and the sentences seem to be easier to read using that type of connective spacing.

Same with using single lines, instead of a complete block of paragraphs that encompass a set of related thoughts.
Staying away from the comma key is also still a difficulty.

Perhaps it's just modern laziness.

trailing periods? If you want to type an elipsis, it would be 3 periods. If you want to end a sentence with an elipsis, then it's 4.

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

How many spaces did I type between this sentence. And this one?
How many spaces did I type between this sentence. And this one?


Answer: 3 for the first, one for the second.

It doesn't matter what you type, the forum kills any extra white space. So if you wanted to
indent
several
lines
by four spaces, it doesn't matter. The forum software fixes your silliness for you.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Tobra

It occurs to me that I do one space on texts. I do two for everything else.

I use Swype as the keyboard on my phone. If I hit space twice on the keyboard, it automatically inserts a period. I'm not sure if it inserts a period and two spaces or just a period and a space or a period and an extra wide space.

[wayner]

A lot of what we do grammatically and in sentence structure was to overcome the limitations of the technology of the time. Even our keyboard layout was so that we couldn't type so fast as to jam the keys in our typewriters.

Now, a lot of the technically unnecessary rules have changed as new technology makes the old readability techniques obsolete.
(Serif fonts vs san-serif, technical features and such.)

Underling is a great example of something that is rarely used as often. It has been replaced with the new advanced bold feature in many style guides.

There is no one hard and fast rule for everything. In fact there never was, but now there are even more options.

The key is that for corporate documents etcetera, that each contributor agrees on the same style. A style guide is created and shared among the contributors for consistency.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Always two.

[jyl]

Hierarchy of ideas corresponds with hierarchy of spaces.

The biggest idea gets its own book or volume. [air gap]

The next biggest gets its own chapter [page break]

The next biggest gets it own paragraph. [line break]

The next biggest gets its own sentence. [two spaces]

The next biggest gets its own word. [one space]

The smallest gets its own letter. [no space]

[sammyg2]

Too bad JP Stein is not with us, he'd know the answer for sure. he taught me how to speel.

I miss that ole fart sometimes.

[aigel]

Man, the old geezer is strong in this thread.

[KFC911]

^^^^ LOL....and to quote Bernie T...

Oh but they're so spaced out

[rattlsnak]

I had to think about this and write something out to make sure. I have never, of never heard of, using two spaces after a period. And I am old!

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I had to think about this and write something out to make sure. I have never, of never heard of, using two spaces after a period. And I am old!

Rattle. Shame on you. Have you never worked as a civil servant, a bank clerk, ... And use two spaces just to be exciting -to live dangerously.

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by ossiblue

From what I often read, Nothing says over 40 like using punctuation.

Not using punctuation can be very dangerous.
ie: "Let's eat, grandma!" or "Let's eat Grandma!"

[KFC911]

What does punctuation have to do with spaces!

That confuses me?.....

[billybek]

Two. There should be no other option!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I had to think about this and write something out to make sure. I have never, of never heard of, using two spaces after a period. And I am old!

Ever take a typing course where you used a typewriter? If you have, then you probably just weren't listening.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by masraum

Ever take a typing course where you used a typewriter? If you have, then you probably just weren't listening.

Yep....them"s the rules....and rule number one is....obey ALL rules

I alway's misuse the quote when it "should" be an apostrophe....I know it's incorrect....but just don't care...

Mebbe he just spaced out in typing class...it happens

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by masraum

Ever take a typing course where you used a typewriter? If you have, then you probably just weren't listening.

Originally Posted by KC911

Yep....them"s the rules....and rule number one is....obey ALL rules

I alway's misuse the quote when it "should" be an apostrophe....I know it's incorrect....but just don't care...

Mebbe he just spaced out in typing class...it happens

Yes, I took typing in high school. They didn't teach double space in NOLA. Ha! It was always like this. And then the next sentence.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

Yes, I took typing in high school. They didn't teach double space in NOLA. Ha! It was always like this. And then the next sentence.

Yer excuzed then...anything goez in the "Large EZ"