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Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 06:51:46 GMT
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> > > > 1. substitute are for is
> > > > 2. errors is misspelled.
> > > > 2. there are only two errors in the sentence.
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> > Yes you are... But I was hoping to start a discussion on whether or not the
> > third error is untrue.
> > Or is it?
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> > Cleverly yours, theirs, and everybody's,
> > --Electro--
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> Yes, it is untrue. There should be two spaces after the period, not
> one. Of course you could argue that the spaces are not part of the
> sentence. :)
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> Cheers,
That's an out-dated concept taught by keyboarding instructors who were
originally taught on fixed-width font systems e.g. typewriters. There is no
longer a need to extend distances between the end of one sentence and the
beginning of another, with the advent of proportional typefaces...
--Electro--
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