From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jun 1 17:15:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D244437BAA6; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 17:15:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.84.161]) by mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000602001513.BVFH381.mta01-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 01:15:13 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA01152; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 01:15:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 01:15:12 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Terry Lambert Cc: Greg Lehey , Stephen McKay , Tim Vanderhoek , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Message-ID: <20000602011512.C535@parish> References: <20000601095056.D16657@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200006020000.RAA01967@usr07.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200006020000.RAA01967@usr07.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 12:00:03AM +0000 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 12:00:03AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I didn't say I was conventional :-) I use the two space convention > > because I find it more convenient. But most text written in Australia > > or England has a single space after the full stop. Period. > > I looked at my science fiction books published in England. > > They are all two spaces following the period, even the most > recent ones. Just like I was taught in grammer school. ^^^^^^^ :) Sorry, couldn't resist picking that up. Kind of reminds me of a dictionary that had to be recalled a few years ago by the publishers due to a spelling mistake. The mis-spelled word? "Illiterate" > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message