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Re: Grammatical Sasquatch? Re: Grammatical foot in big mouth
Subject:Re: Grammatical Sasquatch? Re: Grammatical foot in big mouth From:Terry Barron <tbarron -at- SYSTEMS -dot- DHL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:08:26 -0700
I see the debate limps onward. Many of us prefer two spaces following
a period because the software still does not leave _enough_ white
space following a period.
~~~ Terry Barron
Mary Carson wrote:
>
> At 12:45 PM 7/26/99 , you wrote:
> >* there are not enough spaces after the period (two rather than one)
> Dave
>
> Shouldn't there be only one space after the period rather than two? > > (snip)
> Mary