All through my education I was taught to use one space.

High school, college then university and I did actually study media then journalism, believe it or not!
We were led to believe the two space rule was archaic.

Posted By: Garry Brooke on June 2nd 2020 at 14:18:32

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One or two spaces after a full stop? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 12:52:14
- I did GCSE touch tying keyboarding and it was always 2 after a full stop and 1 space after (General Chat) - Thegelman, Jun 2, 14:24:20
  - Touch typing! (n/m) (General Chat) - Thegelman, Jun 2, 14:26:55
    - Couldn’t do that what with social distancing (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Jun 2, 14:36:12
      - Haha 😀 (n/m) (General Chat) - Thegelman, Jun 2, 15:39:58
- I've been an editor (one of my many hats) for over a decade. (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 2, 14:00:49
  - ^font of all knowledge (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 2, 18:46:47
    - Ithankyouverymuch (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 2, 19:47:54
- TWO. It has to be TWO. (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 13:45:02
  - That's good to know (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 2, 16:09:10
  - Great article. (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 2, 14:12:03
    - All through my education I was taught to use one space. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 2, 14:18:32
      - Two space rule is from typewriters (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Jun 2, 14:37:52
        
        Indeed. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jun 2, 14:54:36
  - John Baskerville’s 1763 Bible used a single space (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 2, 14:06:23
    - We’ve all got Google pal (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 14:10:40
  - Two is the correct answers. But someone is going to have to tell WotB this. (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Jun 2, 14:05:53
  - This is the correct answer. (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jun 2, 13:56:40
- always one (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 2, 13:37:54
  - ^ wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 13:45:19
- always two (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 2, 13:18:15
  - ^ right (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 13:45:34
  - ^charges by the length of letter (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 2, 13:32:28
- One (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 2, 13:10:50
  - ^ wring (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 13:45:51
- Is that on a typewriter? (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 2, 13:04:04
  - What's a typewriter? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 2, 13:04:58
- One. Two is too many. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 2, 13:03:50
  - Agreed. (General Chat) - maidstoneyellow, Jun 2, 22:12:19
  - ^ wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 2, 13:46:14

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