Fri Dec 06, 2013, 10:17am
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyMac
Since we're nitpicking, we can tell the age of posters on the Forum by how many spaces they place after a period at the end of a sentence. Old timers like me, who learned to type on a typewriter (look it up younguns, or watch for one on Antiques Roadshow) were taught to hit the space bar twice after the period at the end of a sentence. Forum members who grew up during the digital age, and learned to "type" on a keyboard, are taught to only hit the space bar once after the period at the end of a sentence, which is now considered the accepted practice.
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Dang it, Billy! Thanks for placing me squarely in the "old timers" category!
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