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on Friday May 11 2018, @12:26PM
from the BBC-thinks-it's-a-paragraph-break-after-a-period dept.
from the BBC-thinks-it's-a-paragraph-break-after-a-period dept.
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In what may be one of the most controversial studies of the year, researchers at Skidmore College—clearly triggered by a change in the American Psychological Association (APA) style book—sought to quantify the benefits of two spaces after a period at the end of a sentence. After conducting an eye-tracking experiment with 60 Skidmore students, Rebecca L. Johnson, Becky Bui, and Lindsay L. Schmitt found that two spaces at the end of a period slightly improved the processing of text during reading. The research was trumpeted by some press outlets as a vindication of two-spacers' superiority.
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Two Spaces After Period Are Better Than One, Except Maybe They Aren't, Study Finds
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 12 2018, @02:24AM
Heh - you reminded me of an early experience with a Selectric. The military has it's own conventions, of course. I couldn't figure out why my typewriter had only upper case letters, numerals, and some characters not found on typical typewriters. I had to ask the disbursing clerk who shared my little cubby-hole office what was going on. He showed me the little case containing all the different heads, showed me how to change the head, and gave a quick explanation when and how to use some of the heads. I found myself using that all caps head eventually, but most of my work required more "traditional" type heads.