But, you know, if your teachers are telling you to do it then you should probably follow their advice, if only to prevent having an argument with them about it.
Yeah, I only do it when I'm writing a paper or something else important. Otherwise, I never do it because it looks bad and it's just not the way I write.
You're right, though; best to agree with the teacher and write the way they tell you to. When we type papers, though, it's in Times New Roman, 12 point font, and two spaces doesn't look too good with that font.
As an American, I remember once getting marked down in school for using a British spelling in a vocabulary test. I'd learned the word (outside of school) with its British spelling and didn't see any need to re-learn a different spelling when I already knew one correct one. My teacher evidently felt differently.
Thanks to Bram Stoker, I learned colour and other odd spellings. Colour still seems right to me. Shouldn't teachers be happy that we are learning outside of class?
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I very much agree with this post.
Bobmario511 wrote:
Forget party hats, Christmas tree hats all the way man.
if only to prevent having an argument with them about it.
Yeah, God forbid students having opinions of their own. They must obey, conform, submit and become part of the brainless collective. Resistance is futile.
Yeah God forbid students having opinions of their own They must obey conform submit and become part of the brainless collective Resistance is futile
Fixed it for you
I refuse to become part of the brainless collective It is much more fun avoiding punctuation :P The Romans did not use punctuation Theyalsodidnotusespaces but that makes it too difficult to read so I prefer using spaces They also did not have capitalization, and I agree with that as long as proper punctuation is used But yeah I also use 2 spaces after a period
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Warp wrote:
Dada wrote:
if only to prevent having an argument with them about it.
Yeah, God forbid students having opinions of their own. They must obey, conform, submit and become part of the brainless collective. Resistance is futile.
Resistance only makes God's penis harder
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It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the
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I always type 2 spaces after a period because I think it looks nice. Like Dada said, it's a typographical style choice. Even though I know this forum eliminates extra white space, I maintain my style in my typing.
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Warp wrote:
Dada wrote:
if only to prevent having an argument with them about it.
Yeah, God forbid students having opinions of their own. They must obey, conform, submit and become part of the brainless collective. Resistance is futile.
I'm all for people deciding what to do for themselves. In fact, I doubt anyone got into as much trouble as I did during my school days simply because I wanted to do things my way.
But not everybody is up for that sort of thing. If you can avoid arguing with your teachers or even getting a lower grade by adhering to some arbitrary style rule, then that might not be a bad idea.
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"Genuine self-esteem, however, consists not of causeless feelings, but of certain knowledge about yourself.
It rests on the conviction that you — by your choices, effort and actions — have made yourself into the
kind of person able to deal with reality. It is the conviction — based on the evidence of your own volitional
functioning — that you are fundamentally able to succeed in life and, therefore, are deserving of that success."
- Onkar Ghate
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dunnius wrote:
Fixed it for you
I refuse to become part of the brainless collective It is much more fun avoiding punctuation :P The Romans did not use punctuation Theyalsodidnotusespaces but that makes it too difficult to read so I prefer using spaces They also did not have capitalization, and I agree with that as long as proper punctuation is used But yeah I also use 2 spaces after a period
Wait, you avoid punctuation but you agree with proper punctuation being used? I'm confused. :)
I've been placing two spaces between sentences since I started typing on an electric typewriter. I think it would be very difficult for me to break the habit, and I've seen a few instances where it definitely added clarity. It does eat one more character in an SMS text message, though.
I'll be quiet now (although I really wish I could solve this problem... :)
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Pirate_sephiroth, please refrain from posting those large pictures into every thread. They are completely pointless and just take up space. I'll leave that one be, but be warned.
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I've never heard of this practice of putting two spaces after a period until this thread. Sounds a bit silly in my opinion, but oh well.
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Brushy wrote:
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Pirate_sephiroth, please refrain from posting those large pictures into every thread. They are completely pointless and just take up space. I'll leave that one be, but be warned.
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I believe he's trying to state that the thread has jumped the shark in the most humorous method he can think of, which I can't fault him for. The image could be smaller though. :)
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