Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:03:31 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <110420171829495086%nospam@nospam.invalid> <230420171312236888%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:410929 comp.sys.mac.system:105255 alt.comp.os.windows-10:40609 alt.cellular-phone-tech:1431 On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:12:23 +0100, nospam wrote: > In article , Snit > wrote: > >> >> 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. Same with only one space after a >> period, I was taught two and had to adjust. > > it's two spaces with monospaced fonts, which was all that typewriters > could do and why you were taught that (and still applies). > > with proportional fonts, one space is correct. Nope, still looks better with two. Best to have more space between sentences than after a comma. -- I take loads of laxatives when the pollen count rises. It stops me sneezing - I daren't.