Friday, June 12, 2015

What Do You Mean, "We"? I Can.

We Still Can't Decide Whether To Put One Space After A Period Or Two

The typewriter in the middle gif is the same model as the IBM that I used for many years.

7 comments:

Deb said...

I always put two spaces after the period. It's the way I learned to type back in 9th grade and my muscle memory is too old to change now.

Jeff Meyerson said...

Ditto. And anyone who doesn't can just keep off my lawn.

Jeff

Unknown said...

I also use two spaces. If required by a publisher to leave only one space, I just do a "search and replace" after I finish the manuscript.

Mike Stamm said...

I can make this change if I *make* myself do it, but I learned on an old Underwood manual machine. Then I used an Olympia manual for several years before switching to an IBM Selectric II for quite a few more years (and then I used both typewriter and computer for a good 15 years before going complete typewriter-less about 3 years ago). The double-space-after-a-period is, as Deb said, ingrained muscle memory and unavoidable except by paying more attention than I usually want to pay.

Cap'n Bob said...

I double spaced for years but changed to single somewhere in the nineties. I also had one of those iron gray IBM typewriters, Bill.

Jeff Meyerson said...

I had one of those IBMs too. Heavy mother.

Jeff

Mel Odom said...

Just changed over this year. In one day. Like now. : )