Rob Stow wrote: > > 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
IT is certainly the way things were taught when I took typing around 1958, as well. -- Ron Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
