Posted on 02/01/2012 12:47:25 PM PST by Daffynition
I am reading a book where the four-dot ellipsis is preceded by a space. The only time this doesn’t happen is in extracts, which were probably copied and pasted from the Net and so are done correctly. This really bothering me. I think I’m nuts.
Don’t worry about the one space or two spaces after a sentence. Everything that goes to press is searched for double spaces over and over again until there are no more left (to catch three spaces, four spaces, etc.).
Spaces and dots are my specialty.
LoL :)
I will work on that one when I get some time from WoW .. just got Cataclysm working (after tweaking for about 12 hours >.< )
;)
The double space was common practice with fixed fonts, as in typewritten. Proportional fonts insert a space-and-a-half automatically. That is why Word flags the double space as an error.
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Thank you for that information. FReepers are so smart.
I’ll keep working on breaking my old habit with the spaces.
The double space was common practice with fixed fonts, as in typewritten. Proportional fonts insert a space-and-a-half automatically. That is why Word flags the double space as an error.
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Thank you for that information. FReepers are so smart.
I’ll keep working on breaking my old habit with the spaces.
Relative ambiguity!
[Sorry, couldn't resist.]
See Poser’s #118 for why two spaces is incorrect 99+% of the time today.
Yep, I learned on a manual typewriter around 1964. It is difficult for me to shed that old training.
The article was discussing English Grammar.
‘X < 5’ is NOT a statement or expression in English; it is a mathematical phrase which has its own ‘grammar’.
Now, who’s confused ?
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That does it. I'm going on strike in protest of the periods lack of space now used. I will not type again until the world sees it my way and makes two spaces standard again.
Never again. I won't type ever.
Not even to respond or anything at work for......Starting to sound like some other protesters?
Out of say, fifty varying but similar items, I'm holding three I like in my right hand (naturally) and three I like less in my left hand but also unstated but implied are the rejected other 44 items that are equally referenced.
Probably still wrong but I can't help myself. ;-)
For my part, personally, if you asked me, I cannot understand how people mix up "lose" and "loose".
It is not a FReeper "funny" usage like "series" for "serious", "hugh" for "huge", etc. as far as I know. Feel free to correct me. FWIW.
Heh. When correcting someone on their grammar your correction better be error free. Trust me. ;-)
....oh wrong thread sorry!
Excellent ... ;-)
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