RE: Spaces after full stop

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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