Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:22 am
I was told in the third grade that it could go either way; I never got used to doing two so I've always stuck with just one.
Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:30 am
I think I was told in grade three as well to double space; I've done it ever since. It's become a habit. 
And it makes it easier to tell between commas and periods, too.
And it makes it easier to tell between commas and periods, too.
Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:19 am
I never knew there was a rule about it :shock: .
I always did one space, until I needed to hand in longer essays, so then I started doing two spaces, just to get that little bit of lenth Now I do two spaces out of habit.
I always did one space, until I needed to hand in longer essays, so then I started doing two spaces, just to get that little bit of lenth
Now I do two spaces out of habit.
Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:04 am
Fullstops? Are those periods? For MLA format, you have to double space everything, even the heading. In word, go to view (i think)>paragraph and under spacing select "double".
Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:56 pm
Yeah, mermaid, fullstops are another name for periods.
Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:32 pm
I was always told that in middle school. No one in high school ever paid attention. Who does? Who cares? I suppose if you want to be absolutely perfect and perhaps arrogant then you might be obsessed with it. It's such a minor detail of proper writing, it doesn't seem all that important to me. (And I never got into the habit of doing it because it seemed so unimportant...)
Fri Jun 18, 2004 10:14 pm
uniquelyput wrote:I was always told that in middle school. No one in high school ever paid attention. Who does? Who cares? I suppose if you want to be absolutely perfect and perhaps arrogant then you might be obsessed with it. It's such a minor detail of proper writing, it doesn't seem all that important to me. (And I never got into the habit of doing it because it seemed so unimportant...)
I was reminded again in high school when I took AP. Apparently a lot of people weren't doing it and it annoyed the teacher.
Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:20 am
I used to do it then I read somewhere that you weren't supposed to doublespace after the period so I got all confused.... but no one does it anymore anyway, 'cause it sorta makes it looks sorta messy with some font types :S
Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:43 am
I find that I'm pretty random with that. I always do one space after a comma, but after a full stop it's either 1 or 2. But on days where I'm feeling really daring, I sometimes do 3
Sun Jun 20, 2004 12:27 am
Nowhere in my twelve years of education have I ever heard of or used this.
Sun Jun 20, 2004 1:14 am
Amazing how many replies this topic has. o_o
Anyways, I usually use one, unless our teacher tells us to use two. I used to use two, but now I think it's a waste.
Anyways, I usually use one, unless our teacher tells us to use two. I used to use two, but now I think it's a waste.
Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:01 pm
I always do one space, I never really knew it mattered. That's just how I was taught.
Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:34 am
Heard it once from one teacher, but I don't use it at all. It's not required by any of my teachers. One space works for them.
Never knew it really mattered either.
Never knew it really mattered either.
Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:47 am
Mermaid Hil wrote:Fullstops? Are those periods? For MLA format, you have to double space everything, even the heading. In word, go to view (i think)>paragraph and under spacing select "double".
I think that spacing is using the enter key twice, not the space key.
I never knew there was double spacing like that. I've always used one space. Come to think of it, in my typing class we used one space too.
Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:34 pm
Sakura wrote:My friend, who is a grammar and literature whiz says it's one space after a comma and two spaces after a sentence.
Yes, I think that's the correct way. Double-spacing after every sentence just makes a piece of writing easier to read, although as people have said, not many keep to that rule nowadays.