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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 16:45:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Martineau writes:
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> > > > > 1. substitute are for is
> > > > > 2. errors is misspelled.
> > > > > 2. there are only two errors in the sentence.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes you are... But I was hoping to start a discussion on whether or not the
> > > third error is untrue.
> > > Or is it?
> > >
> > > Cleverly yours, theirs, and everybody's,
> > > --Electro--
> >
> > 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. :)
> >
> > Cheers,
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> 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--
Not to mention that modern word processing software takes cares of
inter-sentence spacing by itself. The typing of a second space is a wasted
keystroke.
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| (...) 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, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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