Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 01:15:12 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au>, Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@freebsd.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Punctuation conventions (was: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes) Message-ID: <20000602011512.C535@parish> In-Reply-To: <200006020000.RAA01967@usr07.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 12:00:03AM %2B0000 References: <20000601095056.D16657@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200006020000.RAA01967@usr07.primenet.com>
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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
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