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Subject:ADMIN: Spaces after a period--take it offline From:TECHWR-L Administrator <admin -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:15:34 -0700
>Does anyone have any documentation regarding spacing after a period? I
>get major resistance when I tell people it is no longer necessary to use
>two spaces after periods. If I had documentation to show them, my life
>would be much easier. I've looked in all the style guides I could find,
>but I didn't see anything . . .
Please do not discuss this on list at all. It's been beaten
into the ground. See the summary at:
Alternatively, search the archives. There's a ton of
stuff there.
Thanks!
Eric
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