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In response to "some pissy usage bitch on slate will kill you for putting two spaces after a period -- (link)" by hell comes to pittsburgh

two-spacers are as antiquated as people who have a hand crank starter on their vehicle. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jan 13 '11, 18:49

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I do two spaces for formal writing and one space for online writing. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:52 15
- formal writing, such as to the King of Siam? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:53 14
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    - and yet, the US government requires one space. They must run scripts called something like "DeLawyerize" -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
    - I plan on asking my father, the particular, former lawyer all about this... - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:58
    - Things can be antiquated and still persist in spite of themselves. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:57 8
      - I persist with it because I learned it in typing class in high school. It's a deeply ingrained habit. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:59 6
        
        When the 1, 3 or 5 page paper requirement was at hand every space counted. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 19:02
        
        and because it totally looks better than one space -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:00 1
        
        ... on a manual typewriter. Even the IBM Selectric didn't need it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I learned two spaces too. But I cast the shackles aside. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:00
        
        I learned it, then I unlearned it. ha! -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
        
        Yep. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:59
      - Like Star Wars. (nm) - David Jan 13, 18:58
  - Halo Taunts are serious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:54
  - I frequently write the Queen of England to tell her to stay out of my face. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:54
Yep. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:51
I'm both a renter and a two spacer. Co-incidence? I think not. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:51 6
- *and* you hyphenate "coincidence". -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:53 5
  - Exactly. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:54 4
    - i get palpably angry when a program doesn't auto-correct two dashes to an em-dash -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:55 3
      - (en-dash) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:01 2
        
        maybe in canada, One Space -- (link) - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:03 1
        
        yes, but basically every program turns two hypens into a en-dash, is what I'm saying. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:04
I bet your pro-skub as well! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:51
pardon me, one-space snob, do you have any grey poupon? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:50 5
- What are you, a fixed font Luddite? -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:52 4
  - i use one of three possible fonts ever: TNR, Courier, Helvetica -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:53 3
    - Jeebus. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:55 2
      - lawers all use TNR for everything. screenwriters use Courier for everything. Helvetica is a wild card if i'm not doing either -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:57 1
        
        One of the ways you can spot a US legal document right away is the TNR. That, and blocks and blocks of solid text. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 19:01

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