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double or single

Ah the issue of the double space after punctuation that dates me so surely!  

 

" " is the unerring result in html of this indulgence that was once taught as a necessity, drilled into us relentlessly while learning typing to the point where I don't even think twice about it.   And that is what surely dates me and everyone else who double-spaces automatically after ending a sentence [or using a colon for that matter].  It is the gap that looms between those of us who learned to type on a typewriter and those who learned on a keyboard.  It highlights the gap between those who are expatriates to the digital realm and those who are digital natives.  In short?  It is a generational divide that causes all kinds of controversy online and off.  The issue crops up now and then, and there are downright rabid supporters on both sides.

 

PRO:  http://www.heracliteanriver.com/?p=324

 

CON: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

 

Sentence spacing has its own Wikipedia entry:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_spacing

 

The Modern Language Association in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers  has weighed in: http://www.mlahandbook.org/fragment/faq#How_many_spacesand actually says either style is okay.

 

So, do we learn a new habit?  Or continue to reveal our age and background?





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