Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Yeah and speaking of grammar, I see I used /then/ when it should have been /than/ below - got in a hurry. The reason so many of those A's appeared was because I used lots of spaces, then typed my name. I am wondering if using the TAB key would be a different result. I will try it here.I just used three tabs. Thanks to the person who brought this up - I had asked before years ago and got no answer. Three tabs again, Jerry On 12/17/2014 02:36 PM, gerald wrote: > Oh, man, did you ever get a lot of them!! It usually indicates that > our email program didn't understand what you wrote, so puts in a > symbol because it didn't know what else to say! > I work for a firm that does a lot of publishing, so whenever articles > are written, I have to go through them and remove double spaces after > sentences (and correct other formatting) because the publishing > software can't process them. It can be a pain sometimes if I have 61 > pages! But as you say, some of the "older" generation learned to type > with 2 spaces after a period at the end of a sentence (as did I) and > it takes a lot of worrk to un-do a habit and create a new one. They > don't need to re-learn since they have me! LOL > The word-processing programs create a larger space at the end of > sentences so we don't need to put them in. They also start a sentence > with an uppercase letter, and we don't have to do that either. Except > some programs don't, so I have to go back and correct myself and put > them in. That's why most kids today have such poor grammar, with no > punctuation or uppercase letters. They don't need to do it!! > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 10:55 AM > Wow, worse then I thought. It might be difficult for me after over > about 50+ years of typing to start to use only one space! > > Jerry > On 12/17/2014 12:40 PM, Jerry wrote: > > Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the > things that they should have figured out a way to NOT change > because it is easier to read almost anything with TWO spaces > between sentences. Just a note on the (Â) > thing. > For me, it always seems to occur when I use quotations, bold or > italics. I'll try it here and see if it holds true: "This > is a test."   *This is a test   >  */"This is a > test"        >          > Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org/ > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
I suspect it has always been different in England, because from 70 ago onwards we were taught a single space after a sentence. Ron Ferguson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Oh, man, did you ever get a lot of them!! It usually indicates that our email program didn't understand what you wrote, so puts in a symbol because it didn't know what else to say! I work for a firm that does a lot of publishing, so whenever articles are written, I have to go through them and remove double spaces after sentences (and correct other formatting) because the publishing software can't process them. It can be a pain sometimes if I have 61 pages! But as you say, some of the "older" generation learned to type with 2 spaces after a period at the end of a sentence (as did I) and it takes a lot of worrk to un-do a habit and create a new one. They don't need to re-learn since they have me! LOL The word-processing programs create a larger space at the end of sentences so we don't need to put them in. They also start a sentence with an uppercase letter, and we don't have to do that either. Except some programs don't, so I have to go back and correct myself and put them in. That's why most kids today have such poor grammar, with no punctuation or uppercase letters. They don't need to do it!! Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 10:55 AM Wow, worse then I thought. It might be difficult for me after over about 50+ years of typing to start to use only one space! Jerry On 12/17/2014 12:40 PM, Jerry wrote: Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the things that they should have figured out a way to NOT change because it is easier to read almost anything with TWO spaces between sentences. Just a note on the (Â) thing. For me, it always seems to occur when I use quotations, bold or italics. I'll try it here and see if it holds true: "This is a test."   This is a test    "This is a test"                 Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org Legacy User Group guidelines:http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspArchived messages after Nov. 21 2009:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspFollow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
I have a friend who uses a IMac and every time she sends a message to a mail list and some times to me the " "is scattered through her message. I agree with Wendy, I also believe it is the mail list software. Constance > From: wendy.how...@gmail.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify? > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:18:59 +1300 > > Hi Charles, > > It is something to do with the mailing list software not interpreting > the text of a submitted post, as far as I can see. > > If I forget I'm writing a LUG post and type as I normally would, when I > receive my own copy of the post it will have those characters placed > where I had typed two spaces, as I normally do between sentences. If I > put one space (as there is at the start of this sentence), there's no > funny A. But if there are two spaces (as there are here, deliberately), > there is. (Now to hope that it behaves as predicted, and you see what I > intend you to see!) > > Just ignore it, it is meaningless here. > > Wendy > > Charles Brasell said the following on 17/12/2014 12:15: > > This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > > > I seem to run into it here and there > > > > Charles Brasell No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4253/8753 - Release Date: 12/17/14 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines:http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.aspArchived messages after Nov. 21 2009:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009:http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.aspFollow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com).To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Wow, worse then I thought. It might be difficult for me after over about 50+ years of typing to start to use only one space! Jerry On 12/17/2014 12:40 PM, Jerry wrote: > Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the things that > they should have figured out a way to NOT change because it is easier > to read almost anything with TWO spaces between sentences. Just a > note on the (Â) thing. For me, it always seems to occur when I > use quotations, bold or italics. I'll try it here and see if it > holds true: "This is a test."   *This is a test    */"This is > a test"                 Jerry Boor, > MerriamFamilyTree.org > > / > On 12/17/2014 12:14 PM, CE WOOD wrote: >> Just a note. I too, always used two spaces between sentences because >> that was grammatically correct _*in the past*_. >>  >> The new rules of grammar, as taught in schools and professional >> writing course specifies one space between sentences. This occurred >> with the rise of computers. Editors receiving copy with two spaces, >> must change all of them before publishing. I learned the hard way >> when I was told to make the corrections before they would publish. >>  >> Perhaps the (Â) was developed to make it easier to identify the >> offending spacing. >> >> >> CE >>  >> > From: wendy.how...@gmail.com >> > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com >> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify? >> > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:18:59 +1300 >> > >> > Hi Charles, >> > >> > It is something to do with the mailing list software not interpreting >> > the text of a submitted post, as far as I can see. >> > >> > If I forget I'm writing a LUG post and type as I normally would, >> when I >> > receive my own copy of the post it will have those characters placed >> > where I had typed two spaces, as I normally do between sentences. If I >> > put one space (as there is at the start of this sentence), there's no >> > funny A. But if there are two spaces (as there are here, >> deliberately), >> > there is. (Now to hope that it behaves as predicted, and you see >> what I >> > intend you to see!) >> > >> > Just ignore it, it is meaningless here. >> > >> > Wendy >> > >> > Charles Brasell said the following on 17/12/2014 12:15: >> > > This letter (Â). What does it signify? >> > > >> > > I seem to run into it here and there >> > > >> > > Charles Brasell >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >> and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Thanks CE. I never realized that. That was one of the things that they should have figured out a way to NOT change because it is easier to read almost anything with TWO spaces between sentences. Just a note on the (Â) thing. For me, it always seems to occur when I use quotations, bold or italics. I'll try it here and see if it holds true: "This is a test." *This is a test */"This is a test" Jerry Boor, MerriamFamilyTree.org / On 12/17/2014 12:14 PM, CE WOOD wrote: > Just a note. I too, always used two spaces between sentences because > that was grammatically correct _*in the past*_. > > The new rules of grammar, as taught in schools and professional > writing course specifies one space between sentences. This occurred > with the rise of computers. Editors receiving copy with two spaces, > must change all of them before publishing. I learned the hard way when > I was told to make the corrections before they would publish. > > Perhaps the (Â) was developed to make it easier to identify the > offending spacing. > > > CE > > > From: wendy.how...@gmail.com > > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:18:59 +1300 > > > > Hi Charles, > > > > It is something to do with the mailing list software not interpreting > > the text of a submitted post, as far as I can see. > > > > If I forget I'm writing a LUG post and type as I normally would, when I > > receive my own copy of the post it will have those characters placed > > where I had typed two spaces, as I normally do between sentences. If I > > put one space (as there is at the start of this sentence), there's no > > funny A. But if there are two spaces (as there are here, deliberately), > > there is. (Now to hope that it behaves as predicted, and you see what I > > intend you to see!) > > > > Just ignore it, it is meaningless here. > > > > Wendy > > > > Charles Brasell said the following on 17/12/2014 12:15: > > > This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > > > > > I seem to run into it here and there > > > > > > Charles Brasell > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Just a note. I too, always used two spaces between sentences because that was grammatically correct in the past. The new rules of grammar, as taught in schools and professional writing course specifies one space between sentences. This occurred with the rise of computers. Editors receiving copy with two spaces, must change all of them before publishing. I learned the hard way when I was told to make the corrections before they would publish. Perhaps the (Â) was developed to make it easier to identify the offending spacing. CE > From: wendy.how...@gmail.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify? > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:18:59 +1300 > > Hi Charles, > > It is something to do with the mailing list software not interpreting > the text of a submitted post, as far as I can see. > > If I forget I'm writing a LUG post and type as I normally would, when I > receive my own copy of the post it will have those characters placed > where I had typed two spaces, as I normally do between sentences. If I > put one space (as there is at the start of this sentence), there's no > funny A. But if there are two spaces (as there are here, deliberately), > there is. (Now to hope that it behaves as predicted, and you see what I > intend you to see!) > > Just ignore it, it is meaningless here. > > Wendy > > Charles Brasell said the following on 17/12/2014 12:15: > > This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > > > I seem to run into it here and there > > > > Charles Brasell Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
Hi Charles, It is something to do with the mailing list software not interpreting the text of a submitted post, as far as I can see. If I forget I'm writing a LUG post and type as I normally would, when I receive my own copy of the post it will have those characters placed where I had typed two spaces, as I normally do between sentences. If I put one space (as there is at the start of this sentence), there's no funny A. But if there are two spaces (as there are here, deliberately), there is. (Now to hope that it behaves as predicted, and you see what I intend you to see!) Just ignore it, it is meaningless here. Wendy Charles Brasell said the following on 17/12/2014 12:15: > This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > I seem to run into it here and there > > Charles Brasell Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
On 16/12/2014 23:15, Charles Brasell wrote: > This letter (Â). What does it signify? > > I seem to run into it here and there Impossible to say without knowing where you run into it. If you're seeing it in posts to this list the most likely answer is that someone has used a special character that your mail program is not interpreting correctly. -- Jenny M Benson Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] This letter (Â). What does it signify?
This letter (Â). What does it signify? I seem to run into it here and there Charles Brasell South Pacific Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
