My understanding is that this was correct (and is correct) for publishing on pap
er (".  "), but not on-screen -- typists using old typewriters to write, needed
to insert two spaces because one made the sentences run together..

doesn't HTML's condensation of whitespace fix this issue, anyway?

S

On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 07:09:27AM +0000, Steph wrote:
> It's also considered normal in the UK to leave two spaces after a period.
> Why do you consider it a) a typo and b) a problem?

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