[TR] needs repaired

Greg Lemon grglmn at gmail.com
Wed Jan 29 18:55:39 MST 2020


I never knew about the two spaces thing not being a thing anymore, I guess
I am well on my way to dinasourhood.  btw that animal sentence needs fixed
lol

Greg Lemon
TR250

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 6:09 PM Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net> wrote:

> Two spaces after the punctuation at the end of a sentence was not a
> grammar issue. It was a typewriter issue. Because of the fixed spacing of
> characters on a typewriter, two spaces were used to clearly show the end of
> a sentence and to separate it from the start of the next sentence. With the
> proportional spacing in word processors and electronic devices, two spaces
> no longer were necessary and in fact the use of two spaces clearly
> identifies the author as a previously typewriter trained individual.
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> *From:* Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net>
> *Sent:* January 28, 2020 11:16 PM
> *To:* Ron L'Herault <lherault at verizon.net>; triumphs at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [TR] needs repaired
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> Some people have an eye for this type of thing.  In my case, I'm drawn to
> extra spaces between words or a single space after the punctuation at the
> end of a sentence.
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