by compound complex 33 Replies latest jw friends
It gives a clear separation, and easier on the eyes when one is reading a paragraph. Each paragraph has a construction - introductory sentence, explanation, and summation. This makes studying and comprehension easier.
This is also why paragraphs are separated by 2 returns.
That was my profession for years; business writing and technical editing, so it's just my 2.
I wasn't aware that 1 space was the new 'normal'.
tal
Tal-
Neither was I. I learned on a manual typewriter, and the double space tap is habitual. But hat just means that the overlapping generation of young typists will let the computer format it for them.
The double space will have a certain "olde worlde" charm.
Coco - of "Les cinque doigts" - do you know those lovely little pieces by Stravinsky? - you are a musician, I cannot believe you are unable to use all your fingers skilfully!!!!
HB
WOW! What a dilemma
you put one space in you put two spaces out you put one space in and you shake it all about you do the hokey pokey and you turn it all around that's what it's all about
For me, it's habit. I learned on an old manual typewriter.
Old habits die hard.
-Aude.
Its about readability. Large areas of dense text are hard work. A little white space makes even the most cerebral material more accessible.
I think I can answer this one authoritively. It was a major part of my working career in high-end publications (e.g., HP user manuals for LaserJet printers, etc.).
I learned to type on a manual typewriter, and the rule was two spaces between sentences.
However, with the advent of "desktop publishing" because the software determines where lines break, it switched to one space between sentences because the software would only recognize one space to throw out at the end of a sentence when a sentence ended at the end of a line. If there were two spaces after the period, the next line would start with a space.
Also, in the case of justified type (even margin on both sides) where extra space is added between words and sentences to make the right margin even, the two spaces would make a noticeably larger space between sentences if there were two spaces.
~Binadub
I put two spaces because that is what I was taught in typing class in middle school and high school. And it has become an ingrained habit. I also do prefer the look of a double space which to my mind indicates a longer pause than the single space following a comma or semicolon. I know this has been abandoned long ago in professional typesetting style, but it's how I type.
I don't know why.......in this email age I started writing like this.......just like I am communicating in person......
maybe you people can critique this........I am open for suggestions.
I learned touch typing and two spaces after the period. The publishing world has imposed a shortcut and has done away with the extra space.
I work in an office and, of course, nobody would question the proper and more readable two-space rule. I have no intention of screwing up my manual skill for anybody. I already had words with a person in my office over this very thing. I told him he was free to change the document after I typed it!
