Monday, May 4, 2009

I just found out that it's not longer appropriate to put two spaces after a period. Apparently that died with the typewriter, but I can't kick the habit! Not only because it is ingrained in me to put two spaces, but because it makes papers longer, and because how else do you differentiate between a comma/semi colon, and a new sentence!? Anyone else struggling with this? Anyone else not know about this rule?
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9 comments:

  1. The GorbottMay 4, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    i remember reading that in a design book some years ago and thinking that it was about time someone else thought two spaces was needless. i have no problem with it at all.

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  2. canneMay 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    i have a problem with it. two spaces til i die.

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  3. maxMay 4, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    You're still supposed to do it before and after work titles in a works cited page. But that's MLA. The same MLA that actually requires 5 spaces at the beginning of a paragraph instead of a tab. I just found that out. But maybe they've changed it again.

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  4. MarcilynMay 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    i also use two spaces. i personally think it looks better. and i hate being told what to do.

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  5. Nate H.May 4, 2009 at 2:13 PM

    2 spaces 4 life

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  6. samsamMay 5, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    yeah, two spaces or die. It's an innate trait that I cannot rid myself of! Heaven help us!

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  7. he-manMay 7, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    i have always used one space, and I think i always will. Like this. Or this. Or even this. One just feels right

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  8. Zucchini BreathMay 22, 2009 at 5:32 PM

    I'd like to kick the two space habit and become a one spacer.

    Do you know where I can get help?
    :)

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  9. mandaMay 28, 2009 at 7:47 PM

    i only used two spaces in the papers i wrote for my last semester of college because i was truly struggling with length. why do they ask for length and then get mad when your point is reached in half the space and the rest is filler-crap?! single space makes a steady pace!

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