[mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
- From: "Mark Mucher" <mmucher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:45:53 -0400
An interesting story...
When I worked for GM, beginning in the late 60s, I noticed that they spelled
employe and employes with one "e" instead of two at or near the end.
They claimed it saved them millions of dollars over the years.
Think what they would have saved on spaces!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine" <blue3123@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
>I too work in an organization that insists on two spaces.
> However, the question is starting to be raised by some of
> the newer employees. Of course the managers and supervisors
> insist on it being two spaces, so I agree that age probably
> has something to do with it and I think that it will change
> over time, as the new folks move into management.
>
> Christine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linda F.
> Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 6:48 AM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: One or Two Spaces Between Sentences?
>
> Here in the states, the organizations which dictate policy
> for writing college and post graduate research papers and
> theses, etc., (organizations like APA and MLA, etc.) all
> require ONE space ... And when I wrote my book for Wiley,
> they required one space too. Actually, writing the book is
> where I FINALLY got used to one space. Up to that point, it
> was something I had to keep reminding myself. Now it's just
> habit.
>
> Age is definitely a factor here. Those of us who used to use
> typewriters have had to learn this. The younger generation
> who have grown up with computers NEVER used two spaces to
> begin with.
>
>
> Linda F. Johnson
> Linda's Computer Stop
> Author, MOS: Excel 2003 Study Guide, published by John Wiley
> and Sons http://personal-computer-tutor.com
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