1 Space or 2 Spaces After a Period

[tzjung]

I've seen this discussion on Reddit, and now it's being noted by CNN. I have a feeling this may be the next .gif (Jif vs Gif pronunciation) argument of our time!!

Do you personally put 1 space or 2 spaces after a period before beginning the next sentence? (See Poll!)

As a typing master who learned typing on a computer but took tests on a typewriter, I am and will always be a 2 space advocate. What say you all!!!

CNN article:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/tech/microsoft-word-two-spaces-trnd/index.html

 

[bsaltyman]

Zombies are just like the space bar. You gotta double tap it.

 

[cmjh10]

Dos

 

[enisthemenace]

Used to be 2 spaces. It’s 1 space these days.

 

[LindenCy]

Used to be 2 spaces. It’s 1 space these days.

This is correct. If you are typing on a typewriter then it is two spaces. Nowadays, on a computer, it's one.

 

[Rogue52]

When I learned typing, I was taught two spaces and it has stuck; however, I understand the original intent is largely moot.

 

[Rabbuk]

Learned 2, transitioned to 1 once some old person teacher stopped requiring 2.

 

[Cyched]

Always been 1 for me. Learned on a computer and didn't have an old teacher

 

[Fitzy]

One space always, nowadays.

Unless you have to write a paper with a length requirement for school.....

 

[JM4CY]

Double tap and make all periods and commas a couple sizes bigger. Gets to the end of a required one page paper in school. At least that’s what I heard.

 

[cyclone101]

I do 2 spaces. I didn't know people only did one until a gal I worked with a couple years ago made fun of me for it like I was some neanderthal or something haha. I think I learned to do two spaces because when I learned how to use the computer in early elementary school, the computer lab teacher was like 75.


....huh. This is awkward. Apparently I only do one space when I use mobile.

 

[BryceC]

https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/microsoft-word-two-spaces-after-period-flagged-error

 

[ruflosn]

Social distancing, so two.

 

[srjclone]

Double tap and make all periods and commas a couple sizes bigger. Gets to the end of a required one page paper in school. At least that’s what I heard.

Wow. DId they Ever Catch on?

 

[JP4CY]

2 spaces. Makes your term papers that much longer....

 

[cyclone1975]

I am a two spacer and I belatedly learned I had to turn in a completed 20+ page article that required single spaces. Someone told me to do a “find and replace all” with two spaces being replaced by one. In an instant, it fixed it. Saved a lot of time!

 

[jdoggivjc]

I know 1 space is acceptable these days, but 2 spaces is so ingrained in my head it's habitual to double tap the space after a period.

 

[Sigmapolis]

One because we're civilized people.

 

[Gonzo]

If it's an 8th grade research paper, 2 spaces.

If it's something you're writing as a grown up and don't want to be laughed at behind your back by colleagues, 1 space.

 

[BCClone]

2 spaces because a period is automatically inserted on mobile and I don’t have to switch and find it.