“Two spaces is wrong.”

Farhad Manjoo explains why putting two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence is wrongwrongwrong. (via nprfreshair)

Just got an email from an administrator on campus who used two spaces. I wanted to call him out.

(via thatssogross)

BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY! (throw holy water over all you bitches)

Notes

  1. emerycatt reblogged this from kllymcc
  2. kllymcc reblogged this from problemsolver and added:
    I was taught to use two spaces but I always thought it looked stupid so I only ever used one. Reading someone’s writing...
  3. problemsolver reblogged this from nprfreshair
  4. professionalcvwriting reblogged this from think4yourself
  5. gracebello reblogged this from nprfreshair
  6. elsi reblogged this from nprfreshair
  7. paynowflylater reblogged this from nprfreshair
  8. sarzoe reblogged this from nprfreshair
  9. cellomanlove reblogged this from yandereemi and added:
    I was totally taught that two spaces was correct. It’s a habit that I can’t seem to break as I’ve been typing this way...
  10. battle-maiden reblogged this from yandereemi and added:
    I was taught to use two spaces (as well as two spaces following a colon), so I’m actually kind of surprised that it’s...
  11. yandereemi reblogged this from battle-maiden and added:
    Last year, my roommate and one of my friends (whose papers I was the official editor for), would do this. It is one of...
  12. primarysourcebook reblogged this from battle-maiden and added:
    Spacing before punctuation is an old typewriting convention, more popular in Europe. In some languages it’s still...
  13. bunnyring reblogged this from savagemike and added:
    How strange. I have never heard of people using two spaces after a period. I mean, that might be due to the fact that...
  14. iandsharman reblogged this from savagemike and added:
    No, but Mike, you see, that’s all fine and dandy on your blog, or for your own personal writing or whatever. I couldn’t...
  15. savagemike reblogged this from theworldisconfused and added:
    In a professional setting, I’ll stick with what I learned in Freshman Comp. When writing for enjoyment, I do what I...
  16. needtherapy reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    For professional writing, I thank god for find and replace. For anything else, screw it. I like two spaces.
  17. backwardsandinheels reblogged this from goodreasonnews and added:
    See, it’s so weird to me that people DON’T put a second space. I always got major points taken off for not putting the...
  18. sonic-hip-attack reblogged this from goodreasonnews and added:
    I fail to see how it reflects IDIOCY on someone’s part when they were instructed by their typing teachers to type two...
  19. goodreasonnews reblogged this from think4yourself and added:
    Oh. My. Flying. Spaghetti. Monster. There is almost no bigger pet peeve for me than people who put two goddamn spaces...
  20. think4yourself reblogged this from girlwithalessonplan and added:
    I’m on the other side of this argument …I can’t make myself type with two spaces…I haven’t used two spaces since middle...
  21. sayouistiti reblogged this from nprfreshair
  22. claireaskew reblogged this from world-shaker and added:
    SCREW YOU ALL! TYPEWRITER FTW! (I always double-space. But then, I have 18 typewriters in my house. Go figure…)...
  23. jeffvaldez reblogged this from nprfreshair
  24. geriatricgretch reblogged this from shutupcommastupid and added:
    I’m not listening to your liberal media propaganda. TWO SPACES 4 LYFE.
  25. chi-townraisedtexasmade reblogged this from nprfreshair
  26. additionsays reblogged this from ladiesnevercuss and added:
    BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY! BLASPHEMY! (throw holy water over all you bitches)
  27. shutupcommastupid reblogged this from jenawithonen
  28. jesswanderlust reblogged this from meredithbklyn and added:
    Scroll down to the end…