1 or 2 spaces?

[dukebound85]

After you type a sentence, do you type one or two spaces after the period?

 

[iGuardian]

One. I thought that was pretty standard.

 

[GoCubsGo]

I try to type one but I usually find myself typing two because in my work it is required that we use two.

 

[TEG]

I type two because it is the standard for the English Language.

TEG

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

one. but my mom does two. Is there a standard way to do this? MLA?

 

[r.j.s]

AP Style is one, for brevity.

 

[themoonisdown09]

I TYPE TWO SPACES!!! Am I yelling out loud?

 

[ghostee]

I used to type one until high school, when they required us to use two, which I still do.

 

[Rt&Dzine]

I thought that 2 spaces went out years ago with the fall of the typewriter.

 

[joro]

I TYPE TWO SPACES!!! Am I yelling out loud?

YES! One here as well 😉

 

[dukebound85]

I found out about 2 like a year ago when I was proofreading a paper and I was like "dude you have too many spaces" lol

I still do one

 

[joro]

I found out about 2 like a year ago when I was proofreading a paper and I was like "dude you have too many spaces" lol

I still do one

For some reason, I want to say older versions of Word use to automatically include 2 spaces which may have started the problem.

 

[abijnk]

I type two because it is the standard for the English Language.

TEG

It is?

 

[localoid]

The AP stylebook rule is one space after a period.

Regardless of whether you use one or two spaces, if you're writing for the Web it doesn't really matter. Most Web browsers will only render one space after a period.

 

[Pyrotechnic]

Just one space here in the UK. Thats what we are taught.

The problem I have is putting a question mark at the end of a sentence, do you leave one or none.

EG

What is your name?

or

What is your name ?

I could never work it out

 

[IBradMac]

One for me.

In college, 2 spaces.

 

[dukebound85]

i leave none for a ? when i am typing a question lol

 

[xlii]

It's two spaces after a . or ? or ! at the end of a sentence.
It's one space after a , or ; in the middle of a sentence. I thought everyone who went to school in and English speaking country would know that. This is 1st and 2nd grade stuff we are talking about here.

 

[sn00pie]

I never knew people used two spaces after a sentence. I do all of my university work with one space too. I'm Canadian afterall, we make it easy on ourselves.

dukebound, its right after, so;

What is your name?

 

[poopyhead]

Im pretty sure the blue book says 2

 

[themoonisdown09]

I also think the weather is awesome right now. I'm almost finished drinking a pitcher of Long Island Iced Tea while laying out on my back deck.

I'm currently listening to my iPhone on shuffle.

 

[xlii]

I TYPE TWO SPACES!!! Am I yelling out loud?

You shout and I'll bang a drum. This is almost as odd as Gov. Sandford cover story about hiking the Appalachian trail while he's balling his eyes out in Argentina. I went to school in the 50s and 60s and by 2nd grade we knew it was 2 spaces after the period at the end of a sentence. Don't they still teach punctuation in school today?

 

[dukebound85]

I TYPE TWO SPACES!!! Am I yelling out loud?

i only see one space there lol

 

[xlii]

Forallyouonespacersouttherewhydon'tyourunallyourwordstogetherlikethis.Anythingelseandyouarejustkillingtrees.It'smuchmoreefficientthisway,spacesaresuchawaste.

 

[LizKat]

Two. That's what I learned in school, back --baaaaaaaaaaack-- in the days of typing class.

Two spaces were supposed to improve the reader's chance of appreciating the end of sentence condition. Now I still rather dislike software that removes extra spaces I put between sentences.

As for question marks or other punctuation, there's no space between the word and the mark, at least for American writers. I always thought an exclamation point could use that space so sometimes I provide it. Let the recipients of my posts or mails sue me if they don't like it !!! 🙄 and the more exclamation points, the merrier. 🙂