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Not Matthew Butterick (nor all major English-language style guides): https://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences.html https://practicaltypograph
by lametti 9mo ago
Not Matthew Butterick (nor all major English-language style guides): https://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences.html https://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences....
I only discovered two spaces after a full stop/period was a thing after moving to the U.S., and only apparently in people over 40.
- stackghost 9mo agoIt's how Millennials and our predecessors were taught to type in school, and it's muscle memory. Very hard to unlearn.
- LanceH 9mo agoIt's not that I have any trouble doing one or two spaces. I just think it's a bit arrogant of any group to decide something is "wrong". Also, Pluto is still a planet because the new planet definition is absolutely stupid, and it wasn't really their word to work with anyway.
- BeetleB 9mo agoI learned of it only by learning by Emacs! There are movement keys to move the to the next/previous sentence, and I wasn't understanding why they never worked for me.