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I'm partial to the ümlaut.

bwakfat — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:40:35 +0000

In reply to Tilde ~(A personal favorite.)

I'm partial to the ümlaut.

Please could you another way

SleepinJeezus — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:24:29 +0000

In reply to Well, some people have a way

Please could you another way say it? Confused I am no fault of you or lemur.

Tilde ~(A personal favorite.)

wabby — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:23:39 +0000

In reply to Oh, andhyphen -en dash –em

Tilde ~

(A personal favorite.)

Oh, andhyphen -en dash –em

bwakfat — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:15:10 +0000

In reply to =DI set type for a living.

Oh, and

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=DI set type for a living.

bwakfat — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:12:18 +0000

In reply to Huh. I had no idea there was

I set type for a living. Professionally we use one space, and have since the advent of offset printing or thereabouts. Amateurs (anyone other than some hack like me that sets type for a living, among other fun things) can do whatever the heck they like.

Don't sweat the small things peoples, unless you are a drone that works in publishing, I do not think it matters.

Huh. I had no idea there was

wabby — Sun, 08 May 2011 20:04:55 +0000

In reply to Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period

Huh. I had no idea there was a one space rule after periods. Hmmm. I was under the impression I could take up all the space I wanted to after menopause.

Anyhoo, I shall have to try out this one space trick. Do I like it? Can I get used to it? Oops. Some habits are hard to break.

Well, some people have a way

miguelitoh2o — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:29:56 +0000

In reply to Yay! Punctuation thread! For

Well, some people have a way with words, and some people not have way, (((IMO))).

Sorry i can't join you in

synchronicity — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:54:39 +0000

In reply to Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period

Sorry i can't join you in your new hoorah about today's grammatical fads. They are always changing and always will... nothing I wish to concern myself with. If it ages me so bit., so does my lack of enthusiasm for twitter and limited use of facebook. When I look around it is clear that our culture has more and more stress to deal with causing us a multitude of issues... spaces after periods? give us a break:)

Yay! Punctuation thread! For

Orlando — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:45:00 +0000

In reply to Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period

Yay! Punctuation thread! For the record, I've been a one-spacer for about twenty years--ever since computers came into fashion. It was hard to make the switch--for about thirty seconds. After that, I never looked back. But unless I'm proofreading a document, I generally don't notice whether there are two spaces or only one. Abuse of elipses bothers me a little bit, but what really irritates me is incomplete or incoherent sentences. Can subject-verb-object really be that challenging?

This my be my favorite

Orlando — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:39:41 +0000

In reply to Proust got around the problem

This my be my favorite comment ever!