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Full Stop Right Or Wrong?

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woodelf | 10:42 Sun 23rd Oct 2016 | ChatterBank
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I always thought that after a full stop, whether on its own or bottom of a question mark or a colon, there had to be two spaces after it - typing of course - but now I've been told that only one space is necessary and even the rule!...which is right or wrong? one space or two? Ta Muchly.
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One space after a comma, semi-colon or colon; two after a full stop or question mark
a fussy typographer may say less than one to allow for the visual space above the full stop
I have only ever heard of one space
I was taught 'two' at typing school and I've stuck with it.
I was taught at typing school that it's 2.
I was taught two at college and always use that. Brainiac has it right.
I never went to typing school but I did go to grammar school :-)
It always used to be 2 spaces after a full stop but I was informed that it had been reduced to 1. I expect someone has calculated how much time it saves. Incidentally you will notice that I have used 2.
Two. Danny that's American, what do they know about English;0)
Danny's link is for US English. It has always been two spaces in English typography.
I use one space.

"I was taught two at college and always use that. Brainiac has it right."

Looks like only one space before "Brainiac" to me.
Used to be two, now one according to wiki.

//Two word spaces (English Spacing). It is sometimes claimed that the two-space convention stems from the use of the monospaced font on typewriters, but in fact that convention replicates much earlier typography — the intent was to provide a clear break between sentences.[26] This spacing method was gradually replaced by the single space convention in published print, where space is at a premium, and continues in much digital media.[25][27]
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Blimey! What a great response. But then, what can one expect from such ABers. Ta Very Much All and as I'm still not sure what to do, I'll stick to two - or maybe not; wish I could do one and a half! Somewhere in this lot, there are spaces a plenty, some right, some wrong. Just for the hell of it.
I'd need an official letter, from a government department, typed on headed paper, to stop me from leaving two spaces after a full stop!
I'd say two as its a capital letter after a full stop so it would not encroach on the said full stops space its two .

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