I just didn’t know.
After reading a recent article in Slate, I learned that I am making a huge mistake possibly hundreds of times everyday. Until this very blog post, I always put two spaces after a sentence. I remember someone, probably a teacher telling me it was the ‘right’ thing to do. Now I wish I remembered what teacher so that I could write them a letter with one space after a period and tell them what’s what. Eek. I just did it again and had to backspace.
If you are interested in reading the article, here it is. Thank you for your patience as I attempt to correct this apparently bad habit.
If I’ve offended you with my double spacing after a period, please accept my sincere apologies. I am working on it. I promise.
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Hello Ellie,
I have been a 2-space girl all of my life. Thanks for putting me straight!
Marilyn
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In the days of typewriters — anybody remember typewriters? — 2 spaces was what we were taught. I’m not sure why the word processing era brought in the 1 space protocol; but I find it interesting that MS Word does not alert to Extra Space when I do it the old way.