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<p>"when he sits down to type, Julian Assange reverts to an antiquated habit that would not have been out of place in the secretarial pools of the 1950s: He uses two spaces after every period. Which—for the record—is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong. "</p><p>Interesting if you read the article, teachers have much to blame for teaching that two spaces must be typed after a period, despite conventions and style guides. We certainly love recycling the way we we were ourselves taught, despite all the new technology. I bet there are other examples ..</p> <p>Regards Roland</p><p> </p><p><strong>Quotes:</strong></p><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid #eee; padding-left: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><p><a href="http://www.diigo.com/annotated/d26f389a54e99d26b5474a36d56c77fa">Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine</a></p><p> </p> <ul class="diigo-annotations"><li><div class="diigoContentInner">Typographers, .. the people who study and design the typewritten word decided long ago that we should use one space, not two, between sentences. That convention was not arrived at casually.</div> </li> <li> Every modern typographer agrees on the one-space rule. It's one of the canonical rules of the profession .. Because we've all switched to modern fonts, adding two spaces after a period no longer enhances readability, typographers say. It diminishes it. </li> <br /> <li><div class="diigoContentInner">The only reason today's teachers learned to use two spaces is because their teachers were in the grip of old-school technology. We would never accept teachers pushing other outmoded ideas on kids because that's what was popular back when they were in school. The same should go for typing.</div></li></ul></blockquote><p> </p><p>See my ditems at <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen">http://www.diigo.com/user/rgesthuizen</a><br />See my profile at <a href="http://www.diigo.com/profile/rgesthuizen">http
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