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To: 1rudeboy

I dunno. And what’s up with the “single space” after a “.”?


53 posted on 03/07/2008 3:19:15 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
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To: mamelukesabre
Double-space after a period? That is so old school. (Although I can't say if the MLA or others have pronounced on that subject, either).
57 posted on 03/07/2008 3:27:46 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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I dunno. And what’s up with the “single space” after a “.”?

It is not old school or new school.

For typing with a monospace typeface (e.g. Courier, Letter Gothic), two spaces are used after a period. For typesetting with a proportional typeface (e.g. Times Roman, Helvetica, most others), a single space is used. That is the way it was (pick up a 100 year-old typeset book) and the way it is (look at a monospaced legal document).

Who uses the liberal MLA? They were leaders in the so-called gender-neutral language garbage?
83 posted on 03/07/2008 6:10:31 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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