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?