Proper Grammar

[Sprayin]

When writing a report, document, etc. in a professional or academic setting. Do you put one space or two spaces after each period?

In a debate with the wife.

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[Yaj Yak]

**highlights Sprayin's OP and counts spaces between the period and D**

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I was taught two, but I think there has been a shift to one. Either is "correct" I guess (and out of habit, I noticed I did two just now).

 

[LikeABauce302]

I was taught 2 spaces after a period when I was growing up. I refuse to change now.

 

[Sprayin]

Oh it is definitely going to be tied to age demographic, that's for sure.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Remember writing assignments that had to be 5 or 10 pages? Double space, small margin adjustments, and subtle line spacing adjustments were key for submitting the bare minimum of work.

 

[Yaj Yak]

When writing a report, document, etc. in a professional or academic setting. Do you put one space or two spaces after each period?

In a debate with the wife.

also, one space

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

One.

 

[Shawn1112]

Taught myself how to type, I do one space

 

[radioguy6]

was taught to double space, it stems from the days of using a typewriter. I still double space but its out of habit, single space is perfectly acceptable now.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

When writing a report, document, etc. in a professional or academic setting. Do you put one space or two spaces after each period?

In a debate with the wife.

I always do two spaces after a period

 

[Yaj Yak]

Always two spaces after a period

 

[RedBeard]

Two spaces is a thing?

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Yessir. Not sure why I do two, that's how they taught it when I was a kid (and i'm only 33 so gfy)

 

[Flyn]

One space between words. Two spaces between sentences. Differentiates the word break from the sentence break.

 

[RedBeard]

One space between words. Two spaces between sentences. Differentiates the word break from the sentence break.

Isn’t that what the period is for…

 

[radioguy6]

I legit remember my teachers marking up essays for missing the 2 spaces between sentences. They wanted us to know this, just like cursive writing that I can't do anymore to save my life

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

I legit remember my teachers marking up essays for missing the 2 spaces between sentences. They wanted us to know this, just like cursive writing that I can't do anymore to save my life

Yeah now that I think about it, the same idiots that said cursive is necessary are the ones that taught me to type two spaces to start a sentence

But I do think it looks cleaner so I won't change my habits out of spite

 

[Flyn]

Isn’t that what the period is for…

Here, I'll really mess with you guys.

Mr. Dr. lbs. etc. - One space or two?

 

[1quick]

I don’t use periods problem solved

 

[Mook]

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I use double and single spacing but was taught double.

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[Chester Copperpot]

One space you fuckin boomers.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

When I was in college "ApA fOrMaT" was the bane of my existence, legit hated how particular it was especially when you're citing BULLSHIT that shouldn't need to be cited in the first place. Looks like that only has one space to start a sentence, which I never noticed before.

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/documents/APA%207%20Student%20Sample%20Paper.pdf

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

When I made the brief mistake of going back to school, the college English class was the bane of my existence with stupid formatting. Would not format on purpose and just take the point deduction cuz fuckem

motherfucker, the world runs on poor grammar and emojis in hastily typed phone emails

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Wanted to bandwagon stealing N20GT words