From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 1 11:18:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from crli.com (mail-gat.crli.com [207.112.165.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 285F637B7CE for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:18:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crli@crli.com) Received: from CORP#u#DOM-Message_Server by crli.com with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:15:39 -0500 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 13:15:11 -0500 From: "Joe Walsh" To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >> "gh" 06/01/00 12:36PM >>> > > > > Ok, so we're agreed. Two spaces at the end of a sentence is what = we're > > taught in the US, UK, and AU. Any one from another English speaking > > country care to share the rules from their freshman keyboarding = (typing) > > class? > Actually, as student of an American school (albeit, not the best) I was > taught > recently that the two-space convention is antiquated and that in most > modern > writings a single space is more correct. I have always preferred the > two-space convention > becuase it not only seems based on research more correct but also more > fitting. > *runs back to mole hill* > Dan When I was doing freelance writing, my editor required that all electronic = manuscripts be submitted with 1 space following each sentence, rather than = 2. I believe the typographical layout software (such as Quark) then = figures out how much actual space to put after the punctuation based on = the needs of the line as it will be printed. -Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message