On 16/08/02 10:16, Rob Stow Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> 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. > I graduated in 1959 and we used Underwood typewriters with monospaced lettering. We were taught to use a double space after a period ending a sentence so that the next letter beginning a sentence had the proper, legible spacing. The double space after period was the standard long long before that. You should do a little research before declaring an old standard "nonsense". I did my homework on this one!! -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
