By Susan Matthews, APR, principal
Yes. I feel strongly about this. There should be one space – not two – following a period at the end of a sentence.
The reason many of us were taught to use two spaces (years ago) is that with typewriters, all characters were the same width. But with computers, an “I” is narrower than an “M.” It’s called proportional spacing, and it eliminates the need for an extra space after a period.
I came across a great article recently that makes the case for one space. And when I posted the article to my Facebook page, I got some passionate responses: (more…)
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