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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 21:28:18 +0100, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:17:11 -0700, Snit
> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Yep. As  I said "back in the days of typewriters..." Monospaced was
> the only choice.
>
>
>> 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."
>
>
>
> Yes, because you were probably taught in the age of typewriters, and
> there were no other choices but monospaced then.
>
> Even today, there are still many people using proportional fonts on
> computers and putting in two spaces because that's the way they were
> taught.

I do it because it's neater, in any font.  I was never taught to do it.


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