For me, one space looks fine with Courier New but not with Times New
Roman. With 12 point font and my printer and driver, one blank space is 2.8 mm
wide with Courier New but only 1.1 mm wide with Times New Roman, and that 1.1
mm is not, for me, enough of a break.
I wonder if some of the variance in spacing preference is associated
with variance in length of pause between sentences when speaking. Might those
who prefer two spaces also prefer longer pauses between sentences when speaking
or listening?
Cheers,
[Karl L. Wuensch]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm>
From: Claudia Stanny [mailto:csta...@uwf.edu]
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2018 2:18 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] One space or two after a period?
This is such a strange issue.
I had a had time retraining my typing to get rid of two spaces after a period.
Sometimes, the old habit slips in. But with the fonts I use, the only way I can
edit out two spaces is to use the search and replace function.
The fundamental flaw in this research is that the stimulus material was
presented in Courier. I doubt the results will replicate with adjustable fonts.
Who actually uses Courier anymore when we have word processors and modern
printers that give us manuscripts that look like they were typeset? It is an
ugly font.
My first step into high tech when I typed my dissertation on an IBM Selectric
(Ken and Miguel will know what that is) was that a member of my committee
loaned me his special font ball and I could use Bookman font instead of Courier
for my manuscript! (Plus I could suck off typos with that wonderful tape!)
OK. I'm done ranting.
Claudia
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On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Miguel Roig
<ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>> wrote:
Glad you enjoyed it! I went from two spaces to one, but now I'll have to make
the effort to go back to two.
And glad to see that TIPS is still alive.
Miguel (on TIPS since '97).
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From: Kenneth Steele [steel...@appstate.edu<mailto:steel...@appstate.edu>]
Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 1:41 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] One space or two after a period?
Hi Miguel:
Thanks for posting the url. The issue reminds me of a conversation I had about
2 weeks ago at the end of a class. A student came up to me after class and
said that she had to ask me an important question. She had an earnest look on
her face, and the class had been on auditory physiology and deafness. I
thought the question would be about her or her parents/grandparents’ hearing
issues. Here was her question:
“One space or two”?
I laughed heartily and said I was a two-space guy. She then proceeded to tell
me about her issue. She was a writer and had been using the two-space rule all
of her life. But she was taking a psychology course currently and being told
(graded down) for not using the 1-space rule. I assured her that I had never
heard of a manuscript being rejected because the writer was not in compliance
with the journal’s policy on one space or two spaces after a period.
At that moment, two more undergraduates entered into the discussion about the
merits of the 1-space vs. 2-space rule. There was much passion about the
issue. I could have been listening to a Red Sox vs. Yankees discussion in a
bar.
Ken
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Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
USA
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On May 5, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Miguel Roig
<ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu><mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>>>
wrote:
The APA Manual states two spaces are better than one. What does the research
say? Check it out:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/04/one-space-between-each-sentence-they-said-science-just-proved-them-wrong-2/?utm_term=.efbf00d80b3e
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