Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:24:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>, Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>, FreeBSD Documentation Project <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Style Challenge! Message-ID: <19991007202402.B316@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991006204719.O86678@holly.calldei.com> References: <19991006164309.A33390@mithrandr.moria.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.991006175934.37031N-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> <19991006204719.O86678@holly.calldei.com>
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On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 08:47:19PM -0500, Chris Costello wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 06, 1999, Narvi wrote:
> > > It's much more readable in my opinion, and it does seem to be the way
> > > things are being done currently.
> > >
> >
> > They aren't. About half of the articles are that way.
> >
> > The same applies to the handbook. A lot of the periods have only one space
> > following them.
> >
> > I would vote for removing the double periods, not expanding the others to
> > two. Or leaving them alone.
>
> Two periods after the end of a sentence makes it much easier
> to read. Ever find yourself not seeing the end of a sentence in
> poorly formatted writing and making yourself sound like an idiot
> if reading aloud?
>
Surely the main visual cue to the start of a new sentence is the
capital letter? The only ambiguous case I can think of is a sentence
starting with the word "I".
> I vote it goes all to two spaces after a period.
Why does it really matter, especially in a proportional font?
>
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