One, two, or no spaces after a period?

[Bluside]

I'm old school. Learned to type on a typewriter in school and taught to use 2 spaces after a period or question mark.

I know with the modern keyboard this changed and only one is acceptable.

I see some people not using a space at all after a period. This makes it a bit hard to read for me.

It's a tough habit to break. How about you?

[Magwitch]

Modern fonts, proportionally spaced, only 1 space after a period. Yes on typewriter is was 2. No spaces is not correct.

[vladamir15]

One space for me

[GradyPhilpott]

I've never read the rule, but I noticed early on with computers that two spaces after a period is excessive.

Congratulations on being someone who actually cares about punctuation.

[FTX I]

One for me as well.

[123Blueface]

Typewriter trained, 50+ years later, it will be two spaces for me until the day I die.

[mjclark32]

At 31, I've only ever known 1 space

[Ferdelious]

Always been 2 and that's not going to change.

[swils8610]

I've always used 2 spaces...


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[Abdullah71601]

Two spaces for a full stop, one for a pause (comma).

The Confident Writer says so, it must be true.

[BBL]

Originally Posted by Bluside

I'm old school. Learned to type on a typewriter in school and taught to use 2 spaces after a period or question mark.

I know with the modern keyboard this changed and only one is acceptable.

I see some people not using a space at all after a period. This makes it a bit hard to read for me.

It's a tough habit to break. How about you?

^^^^ Me too... but am adapting.
Actually, for me, fast track learning especially when naming files to be computer-saved (eg: nospaces ).

[Heff]

Used to be 2 for me, as that is what I learned in grade school. In college I have been told to use 1.


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[Angrypuppy]

Two spaces and the Oxford comma.

[.brian.]

Originally Posted by mjclark32

At 31, I've only ever known 1 space

Odd. I am 32 and I have only ever known 2 spaces.

<-----Clearly from the "wrong" end of Delco

[cda555]

I'm 32 with a degree in English; I use 2 spaces. I had an introductory professor insist on it, and the lesson stuck.

[Cantab]

Nothing wrong with adaptation to modern norms, so 1 space works for me. I use the Oxford comma, and there was a company that recently lost a large wage settlement case because they did not use one.

[Bluside]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

Two spaces for a full stop, one for a pause (comma).

The Confident Writer says so, it must be true.

Yep, that's the way I learned it.

[Psmith]

I usually use two spaces, although with some fonts one space seems plenty.

[Flywheel]

Associated Press style guide, which is an almost universal style guide for English newspapers around the world, says one space.

[sco]

36 here, and I've always used two spaces. I didn't even know this was up for debate!!

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

I've never read the rule, but I noticed early on with computers that two spaces after a period is excessive.

Congratulations on being someone who actually cares about punctuation.

X2 One space for me.

[Sperry]

AmericanToolbox uses two spaces. We also use the comma, liberally.

[Relyt]

Originally Posted by mjclark32

At 31, I've only ever known 1 space

Strange, at 31 I was always taught 2 spaces lol.


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[bayerische]

1.

[GB-man]

I was taught two but use one.

[ecdc]

Originally Posted by 123Blueface

Typewriter trained, 50+ years later, it will be two spaces for me until the day I die.

You and me both. (Well, until I die for me. I won't stop using 2 spaces if you die first.)

[Toony]

2 spaces.

[rr-nyc]

If you learned to type on a typewriter, it was always two spaces. It seems one is the acceptable route these days. Microsoft Word accepts both with spell and grammar check which gets me because sometimes I use two spaces.

No space is unacceptable IMO

[droptopman]

Two spaces for me. Learned on a typewriter and have never changed. I tried a while back, but have to consciously think about it which really slows me down.

[Beo3]

One now. I also learned on a manual typewriter in the seventh grade (Thanks Mrs Heineman!) and was taught to use a double space. It just doesn't appear correct to me while using a computer.