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(02-17-2018 03:45 AM)martinot Wrote:  This is the first time I have ever heard about people using two spaces after sentences. I have also never seen that in any text.

I wonder if it is an older generation (I am born -68) or possibly only an American thing (I am from Europe)?

So far we've heard this attested from the U.S., Canada, and Norway...

I'm from Europe, and born in '64 I have seen tons of typewritten text, mostly in Dutch and German, and I don't remember there being double spaces anywhere. And I would remember, because I find it an annoying eyesore: in fixed-width fonts, the period already takes up a disproportionate amount of space, so following it with a single space means sentences are already separated by a larger gap than the spacing between words. Why anyone would throw ANOTHER space in there is utterly beyond me. Smile
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Again? Or still? - striegel - 02-14-2018, 08:50 PM
One space between sentences - striegel - 02-14-2018, 09:55 PM
RE: Goose Chase - $20 by paypal to the first one who finds and posts here... - Thomas Okken - 02-17-2018 05:58 PM



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