"waggy" <hon### [at] handbasket org> wrote:
> "nemesis" wrote:
> >
> > "Two spaces must follow each sentence."
> >
> > haha, learned that one from emacs. software as a carrier for culture... :)
>
> A month or two ago I got ripped up one side and down the other for this by
> someone whose opinion I respect, a person with a lifelong love for the written
> word. I've almost managed to retrain my muscle memory after having two spaces
> embedded there by a year of business typing on a Selectric II back in high
> school.
yeah, it's a strange habit that I carried over even to my portuguese writing.
And the funny fact is that you do know it makes sentences stand out better!
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