2 spaces!!! It’s what I’ve always been taught 🙂 But I guess, in the end, does it really even matteR?!

And heck YES to the crazy swimsuits!! Love ’em.

I was taught two spaces in middle school English class, but as a print journalist, it’s frowned upon. (From AP Stylebook: periods (.) … SPACING: Use a single space after a period at the end of a sentence. Source: AP Stylebook, Punctuation section)) Perhaps that’s why it was acceptable in English class and not with my editor. I love the photo! Did you notice one of the girls has a Diet Coke in her hand?

Havarti is the best! Love gooey casseroles 🙂

Definitely two spaces. Always.

I can’t believe that a grandmother called CPS over a vegan diet! It would make more sense to call CPS about the fast food diets that some parents have their children on!

Per AP style (I’m a journalist), only one space!

Is it just me, or did you skip a couple of weeks of pregnancy updates?

Your editor must have been like–oh snap! Find and replace all the two spaces and fix that ASAP! The reason two spaces was the norm was for characters in typewriting. But now our fonts are formatted so there doesn’t need to be extra space after a period–it’s already legibly built in.

I’ve honestly never even heard of two spaces! That’s all I’m going to see in your posts now! 🙂

This is blowing my mind. I have never heard of using 2 spaces, ever. I went to a college prep school and was definitely taught one space. I can’t even fathom this two space concept.

I had no idea people actually used 1 space after a period until now. Gasp! I’ve never even noticed a difference when reading. I will FOREVER be a 2-spacer ‘cuz that’s correct! 😛

Loved Prudence’s response to Granny! She was 100% right on!

I have always been a “two-spaces” girl, as it is the official recommended punctuation rule from the American Psychological Association (APA), which governs journal and dissertation formats among other things. Plus, it’s what I learned in grade school, so it can’t be wrong!

Those swim suits are cute. I wonder if they are as secure as my Speedos, as I am a novice swimmer. 😉

As an English teacher, I have to say loud and clear:

ONE SPACE!! ; )

The spacing author admits that using a single space vs. a double space is pretty arbitrary on both sides; but I have to disagree with his opinion that documents with two spaces look “hollow” while documents with one look “correct”. For me, two spaces enhances readability. And if all of the other arguments are fairly arbitrary, my job does not require/enforce one over the other, and I find practical use for two spaces in my writing, then I am going to keep right in using the two spaces.

I drove past a GOTR 5k this weekend and thought of you!

When I was in middle and high school, we were taught 2 spaces. But in college, we were told that the rules had changed and it was officially only 1 space.

I was taught two spaces so it is so hard not to do it when typing.

Would just like to say that I have been reading HTP since before it was HTP and after a huge break from blogs I have come back to them and am astounded to see you’re about to give birth!! Congrats! And in regards to the space after a period, I think that I was taught one space. But I’m from Australia so I don’t know if that has anything to do with it?

Always single space. Always.

One space. I say, taking a firm step up to the space bar. And here’s why:

In days of old, way back when, before the computer age of now with ink jet and laser printers, type was set with mono fonts where an “l” took up less space than an “a”, the rule was two spaces at the end of every sentence in order to even out the type on the page. Enter the computer age with proportional fonts where the computer automatically adjusts the spacing to even out all those l’s, i’s, a’s and c’s so a long space (double)is no longer necessary.

You can still throw in those two spaces when writing missives to your friends and relatives; however, in business correspondence one space is the rule. It is not optional. Your editor will be unhappy because she will have to take all those extra spaces out, and the corporate president will think you’re a crackpot.

So do yourself a favor and save that extra thumb tap for something else. In no time tapping out two spaces at the end of every sentence will seem like too much redundancy.

Brought to you by someone with way too much time on their hands.

I’m a two space kind of gal but they are teaching kids differently these days. I was proofreading my sister’s college paper the other day, and I was baffled as to why she had only one space after all of her sentences. She said they were “supposed” to be that way.

I was taught to use 2 spaces. I’ve been told by our ‘Communications’ department at work that 1 space is now appropriate. But, you can’t take years of training out of a person so easily. I think consistency is key. If you use two spaces or one just do it the same throughout.

Yep! Apparently, the blogospere has deemed me a “space invader!”