dduane:

moonblossom:

irritatingarchery:

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dyfl:

tylercoates:

If you ever feel like you should put two spaces after periods when turning in copy, stop that feeling.

Don’t do that. Just don’t.

Love,

Every Editor Ever.

Co-signed.

And how.

THIS!

God, yes. I don’t…

It used to be correct usage for submitted manuscripts, back in the day: the way to make sure that the typesetter would recognize the end of a sentence. Later the convention started going out of vogue as more and more ms’s were the product of wordprocessing, and more and more novels started to go to the publisher in electronic form, bypassing old-fashioned typesetting.

I still do it about half the time. Old habits die hard…

Oh wow that’s what I was specifically taught in school.

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   I use two periods on my blog and such because I like it. But it does drive me mad when copyediting, since it isn’t the...

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   I do this…oops?

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    I only learned in the last year that two spaces after the end of a sentence WASN’T standard anymore. I still do it- I...

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    That’s the way my mom learned to type, and the way she taught me. It took a long time to break the habit after I learned...

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16. flarechaser reblogged this from lascocks and added:

    Exactly. I was taught this in school. Update the education system, how abouts?

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    Word! And I’ve been having an ‘if you would actually submit the copy rather than coming up with yet another excuse, that...

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20. vixyish reblogged this from dduane and added:

    I can’t help it! I learned to touch-type in high school and I’ve been an officemouse most of my life. My hands do it...

21. jennexd reblogged this from dduane and added:

    I alway do 2 spaces. It’s natural and it’s already conditioned into my brain from freakin’ keyboarding class I was...

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23. goodbyeolepaint reblogged this from muchlessmuchmore and added:

    PEOPLE WHO WRITE NOVELS AND NOT COMMERCIAL COPY, THAT’S WHO. But I guess I can stop.

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25. turifer reblogged this from dduane and added:

    I too do this most of the time. I learned to type back when it was standard usage. It’s a difficult habit to break. But...

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    Whenever I use one period, I hear the haunting Wisconsinasal ghost-tones of my terrifying sixth-grade keyboarding...

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    I’m not sure it’s even that long out of date! I was born in ‘85 and was still taught to doublespace after a period. At...

33. meiran reblogged this from dduane and added:

    Seriously. It’s muscle memory for me, which is why I’m such a fast typist. Which has helped me land jobs so I’m not...

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36. lascocks reblogged this from berylliumsphere and added:

    Oh wow that’s what I was specifically taught in school.

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    This was drilled into my head in high school just 10 years ago. I got to college and my design teacher was like, “NO....

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    Eh, I’ve got a macro that quickly fixes the spacing issues. ::shrug:: As far as copyediting pains go, this one is a mild...

43. stellivia reblogged this from moonblossom and added:

    don’t… Oh sweet God! All of my screams.

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    Sad face. I do this so much. It’s the way I was taught…

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    don’t… It used to be correct usage for submitted manuscripts, back in the day:...make sure...

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48. livia-carica reblogged this from moonblossom and added:

    Also, if you could learn how to tab and not use the space bar to indent, that would be super too.

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