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On 4/23/17, 12:00 PM, in article n6upfct27u73nh3k2a9mj7akc1pcn6p0oh@4ax.com,
"Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:

>>>>> I would have said "that should be 'everyone should think for
>>>>> himself.' " <vbg>
>>>> 
>>>> I might not have his wording exact (this was in, I think, 1998)...
>>> 
>>> I know. I suspected that. <g>
>> 
>> Actually 1988. Not 1998. Only a decade off. :)
>> 
>>>> and,
>>>> really, "themselves" has been used that way for generations.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Yes, I know that too. And there are those who argue that that's the
>>> way it should be.  But to an old fuddy-duddy like me, it's simply
>>> wrong.
>> 
>> It took me a while to accept it, but I still cringe when I hear people
>> pronounce the "t" in "often". Used to be that was considered a no-no... but
>> it is done so often it is now accepted.
> 
> Accepted by some people, but not by me. To me, it's another example of
> "simply wrong."

As I said I still cringe but I have learned to accept it as "correct" these
days.

>> Same with only one space after a
>> period, I was taught two and had to adjust.
> 
> But I disagree with you on that. Back in the days of typewriters, what
> you say was correct. Even today, with a monospaced font, it's better
> to have two spaces; it makes it easier to read. But it's never been
> correct with proportional fonts.

Right... but monospaced used to be the norm. Now it is the exception. When I
was taught I was never told of the difference being based on the font, just
that two spaces was the "rule."

Also struggle with the period being inside the quotes. And different parts
of the world do that one in what I see as a more reasonable way than the
American standard. I go back and forth. :)

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