On FB, I just shared some uptight bed wetter's "article" on why it is absolutely wrong to type one's work with two spaces after the period (versus one). Know what? Don't give a rat's f*ck.
I equate this to nuns slapping their students' wrists (for being left-handed) or that drinking-of-tea-with-the-pinkie-out crap. Also, this useless prick didn't offer any strong benefits or rationales to support his claim. He just said he was right and everyone else was wrong - even though millions (probably hundreds of millions) of people who TYPE THIS WAY!
Two spaces is easier on the eyes, especially when re-reading through hundreds of pages worth of text. Dropping a space might knock a page or two off the book's total length (big whoop). Switching period spacing's hard to consistently do (like not swearing). And, I'm sorry, did anyone ask us regular folks' opinions before nailing this stupid rule into "rules-of-writing" stone? Nope.
Apparently, someone else (stuck reading this thumbsucker's article) threw in a fix. A way to program MS Word to remove the space. Here it is: http://voices.yahoo.com/using-ms-word-remove-extra-space-after-period-6229262.html. Hope it's of use to anyone who wants to go one-space.
There. Rant done.
Have a nice day.
M
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