On 17 Aug 2002, it is alleged that Jay Garcia sauntered in to
netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news and loudly proclaimed:
> On 17/08/02 01:19, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> Fair 'nuff, I guess. However, since he bases his argument on
>> typewriters /v/ computer typography (apparently), and since the
>> convention antedates the common use of the typewriter and fixed-pitch
>> fonts, I would still say that, of necessity, he is wrong. But it's not
>> that big a deal. . . .
>>
>> /b.
>>
>
> Type up an English term paper and double space after a period ending a
> sentence ... YOU FAIL !!! Don't argue with my daughter the English major
> !! :-)
>
> So long as it's "readable" I could care less.
Let's see . . . I did *all* my under-grad papers that way, *all* my grad-
school papers that way, and *all* the work in what should've been my thesis
that way, and *never* received a comment -- and this despite the fact that
in my grad work I regularly violated MLA conventions (wider page margins,
full justification, leading set to (font-size*0.5), &c, &c). I even managed
to get away with it with a prof who failed an *entire* class for not making
proper use of /that/ and /which/ in restrictive and non-restrictive clauses.
Seems to me there's something broken with your post-secondary education
system. :-P
/b.
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