Slow day in the sink

How many spaces after the period?

  • One

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • Two

    Votes: 10 41.7%
  • Fuck you

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • Fuck the horse you rode in on

    Votes: 10 41.7%

  • Total voters
    24

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
I need to spark some controversy.

One or two spaces after the period when typing?

Go
 

rodr

Well-known member
0 if it's in a URL. :teeth

1 if it will end up as HTML, 'cause the browser won't care.

Otherwise usually 2.
 

Reli

Well-known member
Two is traditional, that's what I learned way back before teh interwebz, but one seems to be "the new black", at least according to Millenials. A far more important question is, why can't they capitalize the first letter of each sentence? Does it really take THAT much more effort?
 

byke

Well-known member
Defiantly two spaces after the period. You don't want to be any closer to it than absolutely necessary. Smells like :2cents.
 

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
I need more disagreement to be sated.

I may have to resort to dickbutt if expectations are not met.
 

postcholo

Chile con Carnage
two spaces result in greater paper consumption. hence two spaces mean you hate the environment, trees in particular, planet earth and all its inhabitants, in general. you don't believe in global warming and think jesus will return triumphantly to jerusalem with an army of angels to kill all the non-believers.

or you work at an agency that requires such anachronisms...
 
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wazzuFreddo

WuTang is 4 the children
Two is traditional, that's what I learned way back before teh interwebz, but one seems to be "the new black", at least according to Millenials. A far more important question is, why can't they capitalize the first letter of each sentence? Does it really take THAT much more effort?

i do it as a homage to the poet laureate of skid row.
 

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
two spaces result in greater paper consumption. hence two spaces mean you hate the environment, trees in particular, planet earth and all its inhabitants, in general. you don't believe in global warming and think jesus will return triumphantly to jerusalem with an army of angels to kill all the non-believers.

As an environmental professional, I like this response.

Why do all you two spacers hate Mother Erf?
 

Map8

I want nothing
Staff member
One space. We just had this discussion maybe a month ago. Two spaces after a period have been gone from professional publishing for decades. No longer needed and I doubt you will find a style book anywhere advocating for two spaces. Controversy resolved.

So New York vs. Chicago style pizza...
 

EjGlows

Well-known member
one space. We just had this discussion maybe a month ago. Two spaces after a period have been gone from professional publishing for decades. No longer needed and i doubt you will find a style book anywhere advocating for two spaces. Controversy resolved.

So new york vs. Chicago style pizza...

'you can"t tell me what to do. Ever.
 
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