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Subject:RE: Spaces after full stop From:linda_sims -at- vanguard -dot- com To:" TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:53:58 -0400
Brian wrote on 10/08/2007:
> A pity? I'd say it's par for the course. All language degenerates over
> time, not as a result of thoughtful, refined improvements, but as a
> result of mistakes and lazy usage. To see the grammar of a language
> change in the same way is exactly what a Linguist would expect...
>
> As for a specific answer to this question, unless your company has a
> style guide that you must follow, the new standard is one-space.
>
> Brian
>
>> Dossy wrote on 10/08/2007:
>>
>> In the end, I still use two spaces after end of sentence periods within
>> paragraphs because I find them more aesthetically pleasing that way.
>> It's just a pity that a deficiency in the more common word processors
>> have driven others to abandon the practice. :-(
>>
>> -- Dossy
I think that in this instance, it's more a question of typography changing
to reflect better technology than the degeneration of English or a
deficiency in the word processing program.
Lin Sims
Project VPAS - Technical Writer
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