Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 09:13:47 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joe Walsh <crli@crli.com>, gh <grasshacker@linkfast.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Message-ID: <20000602091347.T20158@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <s93661fb.019@crli.com> References: <s93661fb.019@crli.com>
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On Thursday, 1 June 2000 at 13:15:11 -0500, Joe Walsh wrote: >>>> "gh" <grasshacker@linkfast.net> 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. Did you two also learn something about line length? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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