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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Hey, Nospam |
| Date | 2015-06-05 07:38 +0000 |
| Organization | Miskatonic U |
| Message-ID | <slrnmn2kjh.2a7c.g.kreme@amelia.local> (permalink) |
| References | <030620150832466218%michelle@michelle.org> <8df95275-bf89-449a-b837-4b02067e86f2@googlegroups.com> <030620151614288455%michelle@michelle.org> <slrnmmvi0b.265t.g.kreme@amelia.local> <030620152046351808%michelle@michelle.org> |
In message <030620152046351808%michelle@michelle.org> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote: > In article <slrnmmvi0b.265t.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis > <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote: >> I look at it as an antiquated convention. If I have two spaces after a >> period, it is an accident. There is no reason for it other than someone >> 100 years ago or so thought it looked better. I disagree, and I find it >> is very likely to lead to very bad 'rivers' through extended paragraphs. > It was developed because single-spacing after a period made typewritten > text harder to parse. However, with proportional text, such as with > typeset material, it's always been a single space. It was a stylistic choice made when a period was centered in the font-space, which is not the case now, there the period (and comma) are on the left size of the font. Even so, on my Dad's Smith Corona text was perfectly readable with a single space after a period. > The spacing is, or should be, dependent upon the medium. Before the > Macintosh, personal computers all used fixed-width text, and > double-spacing after a period was the norm. It's certainly what typing teachers taught, but there was never any reason for it. It's a lot like the "never end a sentence with a preposition" 'rule' that has nothing to do with English. -- Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment. --Wyrd Sisters
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Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 08:32 -0700
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Re: Hey, Nospam Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-06-03 17:57 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 16:12 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:11 -0400
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Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 21:34 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-06-04 16:41 +1200
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Re: Hey, Nospam me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-06-04 13:12 +0000
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Re: Hey, Nospam Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-06-04 09:00 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Lee Waun" <leewaun@telus.net> - 2015-06-05 20:04 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:11 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 20:41 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-03 23:53 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 21:30 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-06-04 13:14 +0000
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 12:52 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam Király <ggrandish@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 10:08 -0700
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Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 18:45 +0100
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 13:58 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 21:20 +0100
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:24 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 18:09 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 11:37 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 22:02 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:19 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:18 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 18:09 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 11:39 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 22:02 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-04 21:39 -0500
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:37 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam BobbyK <bknight@Conramp.net> - 2015-06-05 08:07 -0500
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 13:04 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:21 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 22:13 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 14:36 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-05 01:07 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 15:49 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-05 16:46 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-06 15:17 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 13:44 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam ggrandish@gmail.com - 2015-06-04 10:51 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-04 13:58 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-06-04 14:51 -0400
Re: Hey, Nospam "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-06-05 07:22 +1000
Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:38 -0500
Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:36 -0500
Re: Hey, Nospam ggrandish@gmail.com - 2015-06-03 15:44 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 16:14 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-06-04 03:36 +0000
Re: Hey, Nospam Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-06-03 20:46 -0700
Re: Hey, Nospam Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-06-05 07:38 +0000
Re: Hey, Nospam Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-06-04 08:50 +0100
Re: Hey, Nospam jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-06-04 16:38 +1200
Re: Hey, Nospam George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-06-06 08:35 -0500
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