I stopped using one in the early 80s, but was an early adopter of the PC for everything.
I was born in 1963, learned to type in 1976, and was taught in all typing classes then and after to put two spaces after a period (assuming the period was the end of the sentence). I was also taught to put two spaces after colons.I think it's finally time we had a meaningful conversation on spaces after periods. Some people, namely those born in the 17th century, think you need to put two spaces after your periods.
That's the first time I've ever seen what I was taught was NORMAL typing on this forum!Code:[FONT="Courier New"]Yes, always. I couldn't care less what slate or anyone else says, it is correct to put two spaces after a period, once space after a comma, and so forth. See? Doesn't that look nice?[/FONT]
Not only did I learn on a typewriter, it was a manual. A really old manual, of the sort that made me decide to permanently keep my fingernails short. There were times when my fingers would slip between the keys, and that was rather painful. Mind you, getting your fingers in the way of the typebars on an electric typewriter is even more painful.To be honest, I can't believe there are people still alive who learned how to type on a typewriter.
(Togeth seriously, I am wondering when did the typewriter actually go out of fashion, I'm assuming sometime in the 80s or early 90s which would've been I wasn't born yet/not old enough to know about these things)
Sounds like it's her own, exotic version of ellipsis. In my experience, people with unpopular, inflammatory or stupid options often have their own, unique version of punctuation and overuse ellipses. Don't know why they do this. Probably they think that their punctuation should be as unorthodox as their views, or maybe they think that strange punctuation makes them seem less inflammatory and more cryptic.I'm not talking about three periods..I'm talking about two..See what I'm doing in this paragraph - it looks stupid and just irritates most people..If I started posting like this here, I daresay most of you would wonder if I'd lost the ability to type properly..
I stopped using one in the early 80s, but was an early adopter of the PC for everything.
Ha, yeah And look at what I had to go through to make it happen. You're right, by the way, about the colon getting two spaces as well.That's the first time I've ever seen what I was taught was NORMAL typing on this forum!
To be honest, I can't believe there are people still alive who learned how to type on a typewriter.
(Togeth seriously, I am wondering when did the typewriter actually go out of fashion, I'm assuming sometime in the 80s or early 90s which would've been I wasn't born yet/not old enough to know about these things)
To be honest, I can't believe there are people still alive who learned how to type on a typewriter.
Oh well.
Is writing neatly really that hard?
I honestly quite enjoy it.
Even when I use monospace fonts, which I do pretty often when programming, one space after a period seems perfectly natural to me. See? No problem.
That's true. Apparently the type of font doesn't matter, two spaces after a period always look as forced and unnatural as Trump's hair.Even when I use monospace fonts, which I do pretty often when programming, one space after a period seems perfectly natural to me. See? No problem.
To be honest, I can't believe there are people still alive who learned how to type on a typewriter.
(Togeth seriously, I am wondering when did the typewriter actually go out of fashion, I'm assuming sometime in the 80s or early 90s which would've been I wasn't born yet/not old enough to know about these things)
Oh well.
Is writing neatly really that hard?
I honestly quite enjoy it.
That's true. Apparently the type of font doesn't matter, two spaces after a period always look as forced and unnatural as Trump's hair.