We are having a debate at work - one or two spaces after a full stop?

Question

I say 2 and think it looks totally wrong any other way.

Answer 1

Definitely one.

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

1.5 ! no joking...



"In typewritten texts and other documents printed in fixed-width fonts, there is a convention among lay writers that two spaces are placed after the full stop (along with the other sentence enders: question mark and exclamation mark), as opposed to the single space used after other punctuation symbols. This is sometimes termed "French spacing".

In modern English-language typographical usage, debate has arisen concerning the proper number of trailing spaces after a full stop (or exclamation mark, or question mark) to separate sentences within a paragraph. Whereas two spaces are still regarded by many outside the publishing industry to be the better usage for monospace typefaces, the awkwardness that most word-processing applications have in representing correctly the 1.5 spaces that had previously become standard for typographically proportional (non-monospace) fonts has led to some confusion about how to render the space between sentences using only word-processing tools."

"Standardized HTML treats additional whitespace after the first space as immaterial (siding unquestioningly with the one-spacers), and ignores it when rendering the page. A common workaround for this is the use of  "

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Answer 4

It is 2 after a full stop and 1 after a comma

Answer 5

TWO TWO TWO. 2 2 2. That is the way I was taught at a computer class.

Answer 6

2. Definately. Using 2 spaces means that no matter what font you use, or someone else changes your work to at a latter date, then the spaces are still clear.

Answer 7

we could see. in case you depart 2 areas it feels like this. in case you depart one it feels like this. Does it quite count extensive style in any respect? the the excellent option answer is two yet nevertheless you should bite your nutrition twenty situations earlier swallowing. i'm specific no person will p.c.. up the version or care that plenty in spite of in the event that they do......except they artwork at your organization via the sound of it. Oh and Jessie is mendacity I purely decrease and pasted her remark and there is purely one area after her complete end on the 2nd.

Answer 8

This depends what country you're in.

In the US, most employers specify that employees should exactly follow the Chicago Manual of Style. If everyone follows the CMoS, then it gives consistency to the output of a large organization - and stops disagreements like the one you're describing.

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

Answer 9

Just one space after a full stop. You can see how it looks much more professional.

Answer 10

One

Answer 11

bottom line is that some use 1 space and some use 2,,I use both myself without even acknowledging it,,so on this one--every-bodies right.if it were possible we all would 10 earn pionts