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Okay, I guess I'm guilty. Who else here thinks two spacing is correct?

Poll: How many spaces do you leave between sentences?
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1 space .. and I can tell you when and where I learned to do it this way.
18.18%
 4 18.18%
1 space but I don't know why.
22.73%
 5 22.73%
2 spaces and I can tell you when and where I learned to it this way.
40.91%
 9 40.91%
2 spaces but I don't know why.
4.55%
 1 4.55%
Varies. I am a wildchild/poet with artistic license to do things my way.
9.09%
 2 9.09%
All manner of grammar, punctuation and writing conventions escape me. Leave me alone - I'm doing the best I can.
4.55%
 1 4.55%
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Okay, I guess I'm guilty. Who else here thinks two spacing is correct?
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RE: Okay, I guess I'm guilty. Who else here thinks two spacing is correct?
April 21, 2014 at 7:37 pm
(April 21, 2014 at 7:10 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Two spaces after a full stop? I've never even heard of such a thing. Definitely, totally, wrong.
Wrong wing wrong!

I definitely don't get the point. I can only guess it is an artifact of a time when monospace fonts were a lot more common, such as with typewritten documents. It doesn't really serve any functional purpose now, that I can tell.
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RE: Okay, I guess I'm guilty. Who else here thinks two spacing is correct? - by Ryantology - April 21, 2014 at 7:37 pm

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