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[wickedflea]

I'm trying to switch to one space between sentences instead of two. It's driving me nuts. I used one when I worked at the paper, but only for stuff for the paper. Stuff for school I did two. Maybe I should fight the power and stick to my roots. Or maybe I should get over it.

Obviously it's one of those "nothing worthwhile to write" days. Must be Saturday.

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[ex-ten.livejournal.com]

Oh, my. It took me about six months to switch to one space. Somewhere along the line someone told me it's only supposed to be one, when my whole darned life I'd been told two.

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[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

I know, me too! Never did I ever hear that anyone did only one space until I started learning AP style, and then I ditched that when I left school. And now here it is in books too! Hrrrmmmph.

[taffetaroses.livejournal.com]

there are supposed to be two spaces between sentences. according to MLA. for what that's worth.

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[wickedflea.livejournal.com]

Right, that's what I was always used to. (Believe me, I'm used to MLA.) But for publication, one space is usually preferred because typesetting adjusts the spacing of text to make things look right with one space. Chicago calls for one (I think; I know my press uses one), and so does AP. I was actually surprised when I started in book publishing that they use one. I always assumed that was peculiar to AP.