I used a double space for the longest time. Slowly getting "better" at it. The biggest impetus for me has been Twitter's 140 character limit.
Wow I guess I am publicly admitting that Twitter has added some value to my life.
Anyway, do you use a single space or double space after each period?
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
I use a double but have been told that single is appropriate.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Thehistoryofus: Yah I read that here and have been trying to adjust ever since:
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html
pear / 1974 posts
I work in a law firm, and the standard here is to use double space after the period, which I honestly never did before.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
I swear I was taught double when I was learning to type years ago. It's just a hard adjustment and honestly I think the double space looks better
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I still double space out of habit. It just looks funny with a single space!
grape / 86 posts
wow. i just read the slate article and had no idea. I learned to use 2 spaces in high school typing class and have been doing it that way every since .... habit now. Guess I should try to switch to 1 space b/c I don't want to be berated by the author ....haha.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Single! I used to double space when writing essays/papers though. Haha
coconut / 8234 posts
Single space. I work in PR and marketing, so it's always single. It's funny because I work with law professors and they double space everything so we always have to correct them.
pomegranate / 3008 posts
Double space. It irritates me to see single space since I always have formatting turned on in Word.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Double! I still don't understand how a single space started becoming common/appropriate!
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
The only time I use double is when I'm on my iPad because it puts in a period for me and capitalizes the next word atomatcally.
pear / 1510 posts
I am converting to single. The law is also moving in that direction. http://raymondpward.typepad.com/newlegalwriter/2011/01/one-space-not-two-after-each-sentence.html
pear / 1879 posts
I use a double, in all of my writing! I always have used a double space but was encouraged to do so in my graduate work in counseling where we wrote in APA style. I don't know if I would be able to train myself to use a single space.
pear / 1974 posts
@mrbee haha could be, sometimes I can't believe how much they charge for their services!
apricot / 275 posts
Double! That's what we had to do in college and it would be very hard for me to change. I don't like the look of a single space.
pomegranate / 3383 posts
Single! I forget when I learned that it was the proper way but now I always correct my DH and he hates it!
kiwi / 711 posts
I use double because up until about a minute ago, I thought it was appropriate. Also, I double space because the iPhone adds a period for me.
grapefruit / 4120 posts
SINGLE. I feel like I spend half my life cutting out other people's extra spaces when proofreading, editing, etc. DOWN WITH DOUBLE SPACING!!!
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
I was taught to use two spaces after a period and colon when I took my keyboarding class in high school, so I still do it out of habit.
persimmon / 1408 posts
Double. But I'm in school now finishing up my undergrad and teachers are ok with either. We had a whole debate for over an hour one night... very entertaining. I once went through a 10 page group paper and added double spacing b/c 2 members of my group did single and 2 of use did double and it looked weird.
honeydew / 7917 posts
Double. Blogger makes my blog post not line up if I use double space. Once I finish my entry, I go back and change my doubles back to single. Maybe I should just learn how to type with a single space after my sentences...
bananas / 9118 posts
Double! I refuse to change... and I taught English too- but the style manual said that double spacing was appropriate. This is like telling me that Pluto isn't a planet, so sad!
Besides- if the teacher asks you to write a one page paper, I want to take up as much space as possible!
persimmon / 1205 posts
Double! Like others, it's how I was taught in high school and it just seems wrong to change.
pear / 1554 posts
double. sometimes if i'm on a site with a character limit and i run out of space, i have to go back and take out the second space. so annoying.
coconut / 8299 posts
If I post on a thread or something, I"ll use single. But at work, always double. I don't really like the way it looks with double though. Single looks cleaner. 
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Single. I never knew that people double spaced??
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
single.
@regberadaisy: people double spaced because of typewriters, and it translated to doing the same on the web (i could be wrong) it's for legibility
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
Double. That's what I was taught to do with papers in school.
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