Do you use two spaces after a period?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:41 year old here. always have used two spaces. don't care enough to change.

40 year old here, and as well I don't know if I can change to one space. Two spaces is what I was taught and changing after all these years is hard.

I'm 40 as well and learned to type in HS on an IBM Selectric. I type very quickly and this skill has served me well over the years. I was taught two spaces and two spaces it shall remain. So be it!

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

So, do you two-space holdouts refuse to use ATM cards, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, do you two-space holdouts refuse to use ATM cards, too?

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:41 year old here. always have used two spaces. don't care enough to change.

40 year old here, and as well I don't know if I can change to one space. Two spaces is what I was taught and changing after all these years is hard.

I'm 40 as well and learned to type in HS on an IBM Selectric. I type very quickly and this skill has served me well over the years. I was taught two spaces and two spaces it shall remain. So be it!

These posts -- and the others from die-hard two spacers -- sum up the impression you make when you use two spaces: I learned to type a long, long time ago and I either can't be bothered to get with the times or I simply CAN'T get with the times even if I try (neither look good). Come on, it's really not that hard!! Can't old dogs learn new tricks? (I'm old -- well, middle aged -- and a fast typist; if typing one space can become second nature to me, it can to you, too.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:41 year old here. always have used two spaces. don't care enough to change.

40 year old here, and as well I don't know if I can change to one space. Two spaces is what I was taught and changing after all these years is hard.

I'm 40 as well and learned to type in HS on an IBM Selectric. I type very quickly and this skill has served me well over the years. I was taught two spaces and two spaces it shall remain. So be it!

These posts -- and the others from die-hard two spacers -- sum up the impression you make when you use two spaces: I learned to type a long, long time ago and I either can't be bothered to get with the times or I simply CAN'T get with the times even if I try (neither look good). Come on, it's really not that hard!! Can't old dogs learn new tricks? (I'm old -- well, middle aged -- and a fast typist; if typing one space can become second nature to me, it can to you, too.)

IBM Selectric here. Guess what? I don't care. There are other things that make me seem old too, like my refusal to join Facebook and my insistence in keeping my CD collection out and on the shelf under my big stereo.

But I got carded the other night at Black Cat and the bouncer said he couldn't believe I was 40. I have long blond hair and nary a wrinkle on my face. So I'll stick with the two spaces, thank you very much.

[Anonymous]

I don't get paid to write, edit, nor do I have to write term papers. I will most likely double space until I die and I am not worried about it.

[Anonymous]

God no! It's one of my biggest pet peeves. One space, people!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 43, took a typing class in 1985, and use two spaces. I'm not going to change, and I write for a living.

And I'm an editor for a living (who learned to type with the double spaces) and have to do search and replace on all the documents sent to me to get rid of the spaces. Gets old fast. Just hit the space bar once. How hard is that?!

Print and web articles with two spaces after each sentence look unprofessional, like a term paper typed in 1977.

I couldn't agree more. I'm 41, not 101. I'm quite capable of change.

I never see double spacing in books, magazines, newspapers, or journal articles. Why? Because it's incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:41 year old here. always have used two spaces. don't care enough to change.

40 year old here, and as well I don't know if I can change to one space. Two spaces is what I was taught and changing after all these years is hard.

I'm 40 as well and learned to type in HS on an IBM Selectric. I type very quickly and this skill has served me well over the years. I was taught two spaces and two spaces it shall remain. So be it!

These posts -- and the others from die-hard two spacers -- sum up the impression you make when you use two spaces: I learned to type a long, long time ago and I either can't be bothered to get with the times or I simply CAN'T get with the times even if I try (neither look good). Come on, it's really not that hard!! Can't old dogs learn new tricks? (I'm old -- well, middle aged -- and a fast typist; if typing one space can become second nature to me, it can to you, too.)

I work in HR. I throw away resumes from applicants who double space. I judge them for being lazy, old farts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anal but interesting. I have noticed that people who typed before the 80s (usu older women who were secretaries or people in their 50s) or learned to type in the 80s (people now in their 40s) used two spaces. While those who learned to type after the 80s (often older men who used to have secretaries or people now in their 20s-30s or younger) used one space.

Only read through page one but I'm one of those 50 year olds that was taught to use two spaces after the period. I do swing back and forth now between using one or two periods. It just seems so wrong to for the rules to have changed!

[Anonymous]

I am a double-spacer. I find it easier to read. Therefore I will continue the fight until the rule is changed back!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anal but interesting. I have noticed that people who typed before the 80s (usu older women who were secretaries or people in their 50s) or learned to type in the 80s (people now in their 40s) used two spaces. While those who learned to type after the 80s (often older men who used to have secretaries or people now in their 20s-30s or younger) used one space.

Only read through page one but I'm one of those 50 year olds that was taught to use two spaces after the period. I do swing back and forth now between using one or two periods. It just seems so wrong to for the rules to have changed!

Yeah, tell Pluto.