On 8/21/13 3:26 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
For example i tend to double-space at the end of sentences but if i was
forced to do that
> and given no choice then i would resent it deeply. When i get on my
bike to go home from
> work i could always turn left to go out across the fields and down to
the river and maybe a
> pub and i quite fancy doing that but somehow almost always turn right
and go home. If i
> was forced to always do one or the other i would resent it. It's
having the choice that is
> important. LaTeX deals with some of these issues but by doing so it
restricts people's
> possible choices.
Hi, Tom,
Unfortunately, your analogy doesn't work, in this case.
When you go riding through the fields, you are really not affecting nor
interacting with anyone.
But, with writing, you are attempting to communicate with one or more
individuals. If everyone does something different, how is the reader
supposed accurately know what you are attempting to say/communicate?
Whether or not there's two spaces at the end of the sentence doesn't
make a lot of difference in that communication, IMO. But, I think it
does effect the ease with which an individual can read the written word.
--
Ken
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