On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote: > Two-spaces-after-a-sentence doesn't appear to be a reliable rule in > modern English typing, and I don't think it's much of one outside of > English either. > I believe that the habit of typing two spaces after the end of a sentence was originally a workaround for lack of proportional letter spacing. With the full stop in the middle of a full-size character cell, it's harder to see the end of sentences. Rob -- Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave — just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” [Matthew 20:25-28]
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