It's considered "old" because it's how people were taught to type on typewriters, so the theory is "If you do this, you learned back when people learned on typewriters, which makes you old". In any case, it's not considered standard any more: style guides eschew it.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:44 PM Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think most people spell that without any spaces at all, ie "i.e.". Also > "e.g.". Me, I eschew periods in abbreviations that are common enough; > "ie", "eg", "Mr", "Dr", "JRR Tolkein" and so on. I add them to my > dictionary so spell-check doesn't get annoyed. (Spell-check always > believes me, smart little bugger that it is.) > > I gather that the adherents to "French spacing" (two spaces after the end > of a sentence - and, by the way, after a colon which comes at the end of a > full-sentence clause) are slightly in the minority. I'd never heard that > it's a mark of old folks, just that some people hate it and some insist on > it. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > John: Well, you would not assure me that it was anything real. > Reason: Nor that it was not. > John: But I must think it is one or the other. > Reason: By my father's soul, you must NOT -- until you have some > evidence. Can you not remain in doubt? > John: I don't know that I have ever tried. > Reason: You must learn to, if you are to come far with me.... */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 18:01 > > Single space after a period if not end of sentence. I. E. abbreviations. > > --- On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 2:59 PM Paul Gilmartin > <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Specifically, not after titles: "Ms. Smith", "Dr. Jones:. Also bad > places for > > automatic linebreaks. > > > > --- On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:48:44 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > > >Thanks for another reminder I'm "really old" :-). The rule, btw, is two > > >spaces at the end of a sentence. And I think it makes at least as much > > >sense for proportional fonts as mono. You can (and I do) have Word > check > > >to make sure they're always there... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
