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Vol Texan wrote:If I've written a 20-, 30-, or even a 90-page deliverable for someone, and the recipient is focusing on the spaces between the periods, then that recipient has missed the point of the deliverable. Might I say that the recipient has allowed his/her own thought processes to become so clouded by the minutiae that he/she has gotten off track from the primary focus of the paper.

It's sort of like what has happened to this thread.



P.S. I've been a double-spacer after the terminal punctuation for longer than I can remember, and I have no intention of ever changing. With this being my 1265th post on this board, plus the writing I do professionally, I figure it's good enough. (Yes, I know that this forum removes the extra spaces for me, but rest assured they've all been typed as I intended - with a good long break between sentences.

TexasTornado wrote:

WildBill wrote:

Jusme wrote:

TexasTornado wrote:
I'm currently studying communications and psychology (dual degree).

So you will be able to adequately explain exactly how crazy we all are on here.

She didn't say if she was studying abnormal psychology.

Ultimately will be Clinical psychology with focus on PTSD. So yes....abnormal psychology....although I HATE that term.

Jusme wrote:

TexasTornado wrote:
I'm currently studying communications and psychology (dual degree).

So you will be able to adequately explain exactly how crazy we all are on here.

mojo84 wrote:

Like the exclamation point, the ellipsis is at risk of overuse.

I'm guilty of overusing the exclamation point!!!!! So is, Elaine Benes from Seinfeld.

It's not a meme but I thought it fits.

loktite wrote:*waiting patiently for the "Extra Spaces Matter" meme to appear*

mojo84 wrote:

TexasTornado wrote:The MLA, Chicago Manual of Syle, and APA all say one. The only allowance for two is by the APA on manuscript drafts, but not in published works. The double space was started to correct for limitations of monotypeset typewriters. Soooo unless you're typing on a pre-electronic typewriter......

For the love of all that is good and holy in this world..... stop with the double spaces.

For heaven's sake, use the elipses correctly. It doesn't replace a comma and it is only 3 dots.


http://www.thepunctuationguide.com/ellipses.html

Abraham wrote:The message is so banal what difference does it make if it's single, double or google spaced?

I'm guessing this is the sort of important social blather twitter types can't get enough of. Oh, heavens, I've ended a sentence with a preposition...whatever shall I do?

Uh oh, I feel the vapors coming on...

twomillenium wrote:

TexasTornado wrote:

"Nothing says over 40 like 2 spaces after a period."

Just checked. It is still proper to space twice after a period. (<--- used two spaces after period but was auto miscorrected by program)
Just checked. It is still not proper to space only once after period.

I noticed that on some forums the second space is auto taken out, I guess this is to save on character spaces.

Remember, that those who are over 50 are starting to show some survival skills that those under 40 might still need to acquire.