Brian Heinrich wrote: > On 14 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Parish sauntered in to > netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed: > >> Jay Garcia wrote: >> >>> On 14/08/02 05:35, Wayne Alligood Replied As Follows: >>> >>> --- Original Message --- >>> >>>> I took typing for three years while in school. Two years for >>>> 'mechanics' and one year for 'speed effiency'. In those years, I was >>>> taught that two spaces appeared after a period. With this knowledge, >>>> I have typed that way throughout my adult life; however, I have >>>> noticed of late, that many in the computer world use only 'one' >>>> space after the period. Is this a normal habit in the world of >>>> computing? Is it 'one' or 'two' spaces after the period? Can someone >>>> tell me that really knows? No opinions mind you, just the facts. >>>>
Up here in the land north of Yankee-land we were taught that there should be one space after a period, except when a period was used to indicate the end of a sentence, in which case two spaces should be used. The reason for this has nothing to do with that nonsense about monospaced fonts that someone else suggested: we were using the double-space rule even with handwriting. We were taught this rule right from kindergarten and hence had about 10 years of practice with it before *some* of us took typing classes in high school - computers in schools were still about a decade away at the time I graduated in 1983. When I look at things written by my nephews (ages 12 and 14) it is apparent that this rule is still being taught in Canadian schools. -- MSWord 2000 'offensive to lesbians,' says rock star http://www.theregus.com/content/28/25704.html rob.stow is my name sk.sympatico.ca provides me with this e-mail account If you can't figure it out from there ask Mommy for help. ------------------------------------------------------------- Mail from the the following domains are assumed to be spam and are deleted by my filters: hotmail.com, ziplip.com, excite.com, bellsouth.net, yahoo.com
