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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.
Why would anyone do that, and why would anyone whine about an extra space anyway?
Sorry, but this is a lot of fuss over nothing. Coming from 40+
This is literally how you're supposed to write. I ain't throwing out the rules of English just because you didn't learn it.
I don't know why I love the sassiness in this reply. I'm 42 and I do it too.
It is not literally how you're supposed to write. It's an optional convention that has been increasingly falling out of favor over the decades.
The desired or correct sentence spacing is often debated, but most sources now state that an additional space is not necessary or desirable. From around 1950, single sentence spacing became standard in books, magazines, and newspapers, and the majority of style guides that use a Latin-derived alphabet as a language base now prescribe or recommend the use of a single space after the concluding punctuation of a sentence. However, some sources still state that additional spacing is correct or acceptable. Some people preferred double sentence spacing because that was how they were taught to type. The few direct studies conducted since 2002 have produced inconclusive results as to which convention is more readable.
Is this from that Oatmeal guy? He's always seemed very easily annoyed.
Two spaces on a modern phone automatically gives you a full stop. Checkmate, atheists
You're entitled to your opinion. Congratulations.
It appears you've triggered the elderly
We've triggered the kids with spaces. SPACES
Kids want all the spaces to be safe, except for the spaces spaces. Fuck those safe spaces spaces.
Understood. I will use three spaces from now on.
The more acronym/initialism oriented English gets, the more that double space makes sense.
It's a major pet peeve of mine to see two spaces after a period.
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I'm under 30 and I do this when not on my janky phone keyboard. It just feels right lol
I'm still a couple of years under 40. I only did this when I needed to extend the page count of a paper. However, my old man punctuation thing is that when I use commas before and after I, "quote," something on a sentence. Also, I don't care what Microsoft Word defaults are now, I write in Times New Roman.
33 here and this is how I was taught