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No, here in America there *is* now an argument about this. Times have
changed and many of us use only a single space after the period...
Karen M.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Howell [SMTP:ahowell -at- POOLMAIL -dot- DOLPHINSOFTWARE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 4:24 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Grammatical Sasquatch? Re: Grammatical foot in big mouth
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> I think Dave had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he posted his
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> At 12:45 PM 7/26/99 , you wrote:
> >* there are not enough spaces after the period (two rather than one)
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> Dave
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> Shouldn't there be only one space after the period rather than two?
> Back in the typewriter/cave man days, the two space was mandatory, but
> FrameMaker and other formatting beasts want to manage the spacing
> on their own, thank you very much, and toss the offending
> two-space-period incidents back in your face during spell check.
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> Unless this is an Americanism?
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