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Re: should . be followed by doublespace?



On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:59:17 +0200
"Martin A. Hansen" <maasha@image.dk> wrote:

> wrapping with vim tends to make double space after .
> 
> is that on purpose?  should there be double space after finished
> sentenses?

Two spaces:
http://faculty.cua.edu/batchelder/Papers.htm
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style.html
http://cs.engr.uky.edu/~raphael/writing.html
http://www.ksu.edu/artsci/scholarship/style.htm

One space:
http://www.webword.com/reports/period.html

General concensus seems to use 2 spaces when using a monospaced font and 1
when using a proportional font.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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