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Monday, May 12, 2008

links: tech

More on why we don't need two spaces after a period anymore. At Word Wise. Also see, style guides at Grammar Girl.

Flip Video Ultra Accessories at NOTCOT

Garmin Nuviphone looks to Take On the iPhone at 37 Signals

HTC Touch Diamond

categories: technology

5 Comments »

  1. Thank you! I have been fighting the two-spaces-after-a-period menace for about four years now, and no one ever believes me that it is totally unnecessary, and stylistically out of date.

    Comment by Courtney — May 12, 2008 @ 6:23 am

  2. I can't help it man. I learned in high school before the internet was born. I also still use a comma before "and" when grouping three or more objects. (Red, blue, and green.) I still spell "judgement" that way. (Hey, you stupid firefox red line. It's correct. Look it up on Dr. Dic.) I can't help it. I'm old school. SO old school in fact, I can't bring myself to type "skool" instead.

    Comment by Ms. Pants — May 12, 2008 @ 7:04 am

  3. I'm still not drinking your Kool-Aid.

    Comment by Carolyn J. — May 12, 2008 @ 8:42 am

  4. I'm one of those two-spacers as well. But in my defense, I learned to type on an electric typewriter, not a word-processor. So, I will two-space until I can no longer type. I can't help it! In Blogger, however, I notice that they take the extra spaces out automatically. But really, I can't be bothered to worry about it.

    Comment by michelle — May 12, 2008 @ 12:50 pm

  5. Thanks so much for letting us know about this. I've been typing this way for about 14 years so it'll be a struggle to change, but I'll try!

    Comment by Sarah — May 12, 2008 @ 3:49 pm



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