How many spaces should be left after a period or other concluding mark of punctuation?
First, they tell me Pluto is not a real planet. Then, I find out the brontosaurus isn’t real. And now this. My entire primary school education is turning out to be a complete sham.
graceinsmallthings: thebluehour:
My world was turned upside-down when an associate in publishing told me that the trend is no longer two spaces after a period and soon it will become a rule. Schools are now teaching only one period as well. I want to go lay down in a dark room with a cold washcloth over my eyes.
Ever since J-School, I’ve cringed whenever I see two spaces after a period. That rule was thrown out the window the second I left high school.
seriously, what Julie said. What you hear is the sound of my world shattering.
This is BS and I won’t do it. I WON’T!
I believe the MLA changed it to one space during my 1st senior year of college, and it was met with a collected shrug or nary a mention by every professor in the entire Franklin College (or that seemed to be the consensus.)
