Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:36:28 -0500 From: "gh" <grasshacker@linkfast.net> To: <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Message-ID: <027801bfcbef$eafc5190$2969a0d0@leviathan>
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> > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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