Poll

Do you put one or two spaces after a period?

One64%64% - 94
Two35%35% - 52
Total: 146
Vilham
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+580|7193|UK

RoosterCantrell wrote:

Sarrk wrote:

chefvolrath wrote:

my sis has her masters degree in creative writing from brown university.........she says 2
Ohhh realllllly now? DOES SHE?

I dont care what your sister and her degree say. Both are allowed, but here in Australia, its 1.

Fucking hell, why did america have to go and create their own language? Some americans I know are all like, "Who do those english think they are? Spelling color with a u and all" and its like "Oh, I dont know, maybe just because the language was created and named after them?"

Whatever. Note the one space after.
Ive be taught it was two. meh. But, from this quote I would like to add Theater being spelled Theatre. That's just plain MADDNESS!
lol im guessing ur being sarcastic there. in future add the /sarcasm tags
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Knee Deep In Clunge
+489|6890|Tyne & Wear, England
One after a comma, two after a space.  That is what I learned back in school.
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weamo8
Member
+50|6870|USA
They changed the standard about 3 years ago.  Both are actually right.

It used to be two, but now just one is also correct.

Last edited by weamo8 (2006-11-15 16:03:44)

GotMex?
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Once again, why is it that 2/3 voted for 1, 1/3 voted for 2, yet the whole discussion seems to be led by people who are convinced it is two spaces. Why aren't the ones that voted one talking.... oh wait, that's right, it really doesn't fucking matter.

It's one btw.
Archer
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1.
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Pineapplewhat
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haffeysucks wrote:

Nicholas Langdon wrote:

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only if your writing next to the girl in your sig.
Pizdets_Velikiy
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+8|6830
I have never heard of having to use two periods, anywhere. I've lived in three countries on three continents, attended school in all three, and nowhere was the two spaces idea suggested.

Just.. why would you use two?
Doctor Strangelove
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+1,758|6895
Two spaces is unnessacary. I only use one.
CanadianLoser
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+1,148|6935

Pizdets_Velikiy wrote:

I have never heard of having to use two periods, anywhere.

Just.. why would you use two?
note the bolded
The_Punisher_1987
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+27|7268
isnt it 1 every month?
Pizdets_Velikiy
Member
+8|6830
note the bolded
Sorry, I was thinking of spaces. Things get a little muddled up in my brain after a long day.

So why would you use two spaces?
hate&discontent
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+69|6815|USA, MICHIGAN
2 spaces, ALWAYS!!!   My wife is a para-legal (for those of you that don't know, fancy secretary for a lawyer)

Last edited by hate&discontent (2006-11-15 22:07:18)

stryyker
bad touch
+1,682|7147|California

I guess I never looked.        I have to guess mabye 1
Reciprocity
Member
+721|7007|the dank(super) side of Oregon
what kind of pervert uses ONE space after a period.

1=comma
2=period
1=semicolon
2=colon

it's only natural.
jermyang
I've Seen the Saucers.
+38|7166|Norcal, usa
my lit teacher says that it WAS convention to put two spaces after a period, but now it doesn't really matter.
GotMex?
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And yet another resource about this topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop# … _full_stop
Ssandstorm
Member
+73|7161|Perth, Western Australia
Arguing over the internet as to whether or not you should use 1 or 2 spaces after a period makes baby Jesus and Chuck Norris cry.

Last edited by Ssandstorm (2006-11-15 23:00:28)

tF-voodoochild
Pew Pew!
+216|7274|San Francisco

Two spaces after a period... what will people come up with next?! Apparently my young eyes still work well enough that one space is sufficient after a sentence.

This, interestingly enough reminds me of a funny story from an early English class in high school.

The day our first long-term paper was due we all handed in our assignments and the teacher was going over them in class while we did some in class assignment of some sort. Half way through grading the teacher stands up and asks one of the more ditsy girls in the class why she has put two spaces in between each and every word in her paper, and of course her reply was that the paper was to be double spaced!
TrollmeaT
Aspiring Objectivist
+492|7099|Colorado
My gf says 2, she said the teacher would dock here points if she didn't.
So there you go, you are right!
Reciprocity
Member
+721|7007|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Ssandstorm wrote:

Arguing over the internet as to whether or not you should use 1 or 2 spaces after a period makes baby Jesus and Chuck Norris cry.
Fuck Chuck
<BoTM>J_Aero
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+62|6892|Melbourne - Home of Football
One, unquestionably.
cospengle
Member
+140|6914|Armidale, NSW, Australia

KILLSWITCH wrote:

One after a comma, two after a space.  That is what I learned back in school.
You use two spaces after a space   

One. And it's called a full stop, period. And you shouldn't start a sentence with a conjunction.
Coolbeano
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cospengle wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

One after a comma, two after a space.  That is what I learned back in school.
You use two spaces after a space   

One. And it's called a full stop, period. And you shouldn't start a sentence with a conjunction.
He didn't start a sentence with a conjuction, but you just did.
Cybargs
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Coolbeano wrote:

cospengle wrote:

KILLSWITCH wrote:

One after a comma, two after a space.  That is what I learned back in school.
You use two spaces after a space   

One. And it's called a full stop, period. And you shouldn't start a sentence with a conjunction.
He didn't start a sentence with a conjuction, but you just did.
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Jenkinsbball
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It's one. Only retards put two...

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