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by LanceH 169 days ago
And two spaces after a period! Who's with me?
1 comments
lametti 169 days ago
Not Matthew Butterick (nor all major English-language style guides): https://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences....

I only discovered two spaces after a full stop/period was a thing after moving to the U.S., and only apparently in people over 40.

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BeetleB 169 days ago
I learned of it only by learning by Emacs! There are movement keys to move the to the next/previous sentence, and I wasn't understanding why they never worked for me.
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stackghost 169 days ago
It's how Millennials and our predecessors were taught to type in school, and it's muscle memory. Very hard to unlearn.
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LanceH 168 days ago
It's not that I have any trouble doing one or two spaces. I just think it's a bit arrogant of any group to decide something is "wrong".

Also, Pluto is still a planet because the new planet definition is absolutely stupid, and it wasn't really their word to work with anyway.

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