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 13:26, Brian Heinrich Replied As Follows:
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
>> No, his argument is fundamentally flawed, in as much as it is based on
>> the assumption that the double space after a full stop is a convention
>> limited to typewriters and fixed-pitch fonts, whereas it is not.
>
> It's an old convention that is no longer needed in any venue.
To the extent that it can be argued that it improves readability, I would
hesistate to dismiss is quite so readily.
/b.
>> And I don't think I've ever been dogmatic on the use of a double space
>> after a full stop (let alone after a colon, which often *is* just a
>> single space, even in older texts). The convention seems to be
>> changing. That's fine. But to say that a double space after a full
>> stop is incorrect is itself an assertion that is both dogmatic and
>> wrong.
>>
>> /b.
>>
>
> Ok, we agree to disagree<period><space>Har har<period>
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