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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:15,
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single or double space after a full stop?
bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon.,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:18,
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Typically a double. Why?
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:22,
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What? Nonsense!
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:25,
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Single after a comma or colon (semi or otherwise), double after a full stop.'course it doesn't really matter on this board, since it removes multiple spaces. *hits spacebar a dozen or so times* See?
( barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:29,
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Most browsers will remove double spaces in HTML I thinkThis was a point of contention on a wiki I contribute to lately - the argument was that all those double spaces take up space in the database but contribute nothing to the layout of the page and are therefore pointless
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emvee cruor deo cruoris,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:36,
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But surely in printed media they provide the eye with a guide as to the length of the sentence in question, allowing the mind to passively prepare for subclauses and the like in order to make better sense of the passage of text?
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:59,
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Gah! Here we are talking syntax and I've only bloody gone and split an infinitive :/
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:05,
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I see nothing wrong with split infinitives.Going out of your way to avoid them just sounds forced to me.
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:08,
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Not splitting infinitives comes from Latinwhere the infinitive is one word so can't be split anyway.
There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't split inifinitives in English, although it's often somewhat ugly and so best avoided on that basis, it also sometimes aids clarity.
(There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't split inifinitives in English, although it's often somewhat ugly and so best avoided on that basis, it also sometimes aids clarity.
Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:09,
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Are you a 1950s legal secretary? Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:43,
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tippy tappy tippy tappy swish *ding* tippy tappyWhatever gave you that idea?
( barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:48,
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your big pointy sexy tits Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:53,
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Go WaspyI've just been involved in a Twitter debate. Single vs Double.
( bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon.,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 10:54,
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I work in publishingThere's no place for double spaces in the modern world.
( Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:01,
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I'M WITH WASPYI've worked in designing for Print for 12 years, and I've always worked in single spacing. If someone supplies copy in Word, typ
( bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon.,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:12,
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I'm with you guys.I'm not qualified but bad typography bugs the shit out of me, thanks to David Siegel.
I even read 'The Visual Display of Quantative information' by Edward R. Tufte, which can really make one anal.
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Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:37,
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I even read 'The Visual Display of Quantative information' by Edward R. Tufte, which can really make one anal.
that's what the full stop is for Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:12,
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I prefer double, but I fear I'm outdated.
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:05,
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