At my last job, a bunch of the older folks did not realize they had a “two spaces” habit.
It’s a clear tell.
Saw this meme and thought I’d point that out.
For those of you as stunned as I am that Word now marks two spaces as an error, there’s how to fix it courtesy of Microsoft Answers
Although current convention is to use just one space when using proportional fonts (two spaces were used in typing because most typewriter fonts were monospaced), you can select which convention you want to use and have Word flag exceptions (or not). At File | Options | Proofing, beside “Grammar and Refinements,” click Settings… In the Grammar Settings dialog, scroll down to Punctuation Conventions. You’ll see that you can select one or two space or “don’t check.” As to why this just started, probably no one can tell you, but this is how to fix it.
I realize that I have a “two spaces” habit. I have no problem with it. I find the fact that you are so bothered by an extra space after the period to be bizarre.
Hey. Stop breaking the pattern
Only two? Why not six? It’s more.
I imagine because it’s larger than the space between words (one space), so as to indicate a break in thought, but not long enough to cause the reading to be stilted.
But if you’re ee cummings, go right ahead…
For that matter, why not zero? I put 2 spaces because it feels right.
You have a typo habit.
Sorry, what was the typo?
The extra space. It is an error.
According to the style guidelines you follow, maybe. But a “typo” is always a mistake, and my use of the double space after the period is very much an intentional stylistic choice.
I use two spaces and you are all “no cap fr fr skibidi Ohio fam.”
Fuck off.
If you fucking illiterate children are going to murder language with “u” and “ur”, I’ll put two spaces after the period, which is the right goddamn way to format anyway.
The double spaces is a holdout from the age of typewriters, where spaces were all the same size. Modern fonts (non-monospaced anyway) already have different spacing between words compared to the spacing after a period.
If “ur” and “u” don’t belong in normal communication, neither does two spaces after a period.
Monospaced font is great though.I agree however I don’t know how to do that in lemmy.
Lemmy uses markdown, so:
Testing a few things
｀is this monospace? ｀
Or ｀is this monospace? ｀
Or <code>is this monodpace? </code>
Or
is this monospaceI don’t object to you using this thread as a preview, but you might get better (or at least faster) results at something like:
testThanks very helpful
Putting two spaces after a period and using “u” and “ur” are not even on the same level. You can’t say one is the same as the other, using a letter to replace a word is next level. A double space can almost be missed honestly.
Imagine being so deprived as to grow upwithour a typewriter.
False equivalency.
You’re literally the one that brought it up.
Well… yah, fair enough.
Yep it looks and reads better than a single space.
Well said!
You know, that actually doesn’t bother me as much as some other things. Your never going to guess what truly bothers me more than the short hand of u and ur. At least with the u and ur they have taken everything out of it.You’re example seems to… Okay I was going to do a you’re and make it possessive in this sentence but my aneurysm can only last so long.
I’m over 40. I do what I want.
I will not stop. And whining about it will make me double down.
4 spaces after a period?
Double it!
8 spaces?
16 TABS
If this is bugging you you deserve to be annoyed._ You’re looking for reasons to be miserable._. You’re doing it to yourself. _ You give your power away to easily.
I think your rite. OP shouldn’t of let themself get so bothered.
Too
Who legitimately cares about this?
I saw an analysis of the Cicada 3301 mystery which noticed a double space in the original final.jpg image to conclude it was probably written by an older and probably college educated American, as the practice is somewhat peculiar to Americans who took formal typing classes either in college before the 90’s or in high school after the 90’s.
This is something you probably want to care about when you’re producing text in some kind of professional capacity, for e.g. a newspaper, book, documentation, or something like that. You will need a manual of style to maintain consistency of the work across multiple authors. Using a single space is a universal rule in every typesetting/style manual I’ve ever seen, so it’s the correct choice in that case.
If you’re just out typing stuff in informal correspondence, as a hobby, or otherwise, I don’t really think you need to care.
Judging by the editorial standards I’ve seen from journalists recently (or lack thereof), I don’t think this is high on their list of concerns.
Editors and former editors. As the latter, I find it distracting and impossible not to notice.
Sounds like a “you” problem. I have no issue with it. IMO, wnatnig others to cofnorm to something becuz its a distraction to u speaks more about you’re shortcummings in adaptability and acceptance then it does aboot the author and there righting skillz. If too spaces after a period bothers you that much, I got some bad news bears about the younger generations…
Bud you can barely put a sentence together…
I just assumed it was forced enough that the /s wasn’t necessary…
You know, I thought this might be the case, but without the /s it’s a flip: is this person being very sarcastic, or are they very stupid?
There’s a lot of people who are very stupid, so that’s usually the assumption I revert to, when in doubt. I’m one that believes the /s is required for this reason.
In an age where headlines from The Onion are more believable than some actual headlines, omitting the /s was my bad.
What. A. Weird. Thing. To be annoyed. By.
Eye no rite?
yEAH.
30s, and that’s how I was taught to type, so…
29, and yeah: 12pt Times New Roman, double spaced lines max, and two spaces after the period always…
How is that worse than people who use run on sentences and no punctuation?
Who said it was worse?
Very interesting. I hadn’t noticed that before. Something to consider. I’ll keep an eye out for that. /s
You missed a space after your final period
ur not asposta do it afta da last purriod
Just use lots of lube, you’ll be fine
👏 top class dad joke, cheers from a dad
Such a zoomer meme.
We can also clearly tell that no one at your work cares and they probably think you’re an annoying little shit.
