tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post7262512752059550517..comments2024-03-28T14:11:02.991-04:00Comments on Still Writing: Spaced OutJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-61382521244945704902013-11-12T20:32:30.107-05:002013-11-12T20:32:30.107-05:00I use single spaces, both in writing for myself, a...I use single spaces, both in writing for myself, and academics. I never get called out on it by professors, and I don't look for it when I'm marking other papers.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-28053620383585234752013-11-12T17:34:35.952-05:002013-11-12T17:34:35.952-05:00Whoops, I just turned in a paper using a single sp...Whoops, I just turned in a paper using a single space. <br /><br />I learned double-space-after-period in typing class in the 9th grade. I did that until I read online (a couple years ago now) that it was passe. It took me not as long as I thought it would to reteach myself single space (although I still do double space in texts as the phone fills in the period for me then).<br /><br />Now single space is automatic. And that paper... I don't recall anything in the syllabus saying double space after period. I'm not going to worry about. The grammar, at least, is good.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-32969068441652815162013-11-12T10:19:55.559-05:002013-11-12T10:19:55.559-05:00If you went to school before the 20th century, you...If you went to school before the 20th century, you most likely learned two spaces. It is the online environment and digitalness that has changed that. It just looks awkward on a computer screen. I did have to make a changeover when I started blogging and had to completely re-adjust the House document to accommodate the single space.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-32682557940061738352013-11-12T07:59:44.096-05:002013-11-12T07:59:44.096-05:00I was taught to double-space in school, but then a...I was taught to double-space in school, but then a published author who critiqued my work informed me that two spaces was too much. I've retrained myself to single-space.<br /><br />Abolish the apostrophe? Sacrilege! :PMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-76082682907442289742013-11-12T06:44:00.299-05:002013-11-12T06:44:00.299-05:00I was taught to type on a (manual) typewriter, and...I was taught to type on a (manual) typewriter, and it was definitely two spaces. I know that one space is preferred now, and I have worked to overcome the habit of using two. I've gotten better at it, although I sometimes do slip up.<br /><br />It's no biggie. Copy-editors take it out later in the larger publishing companies. Smaller companies want you to go back and take it out, because they are often more short-handed and they will expect their authors to turn in a manuscript with correct formatting.<br /><br />Ha, ha -- The first place I learned to reduce the space was on Twitter!Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.com