i never understood why html doesn't render doublespaces, you need to do that weird %d&sdn whatever thing, which is too much work and you eventually stop bothering
roid wrote:i never understood why html doesn't render doublespaces, you need to do that weird %d&sdn whatever thing, which is too much work and you eventually stop bothering
For some reason, the "official" MLA format (whoever invented that thing should be shot repeatedly ) seems to require single spaces. I was always taught to double-space when growing up, and I still do it out of habit, even on BBs.
HTML supposedly ignores white space. The first space is recognised to separate rendered text elements, but all subsequent spaces are ignored. I sat "supposedly" because IE is the most shocking example out there of white space most definitely *NOT* being correctly ignored.
It depends on what I'm writing. If it's an E-mail, IM, stuff like that, I use double spaces. If it's an advertisement or tagline, I use single spaces. Not because it uses up less characters, but because it's a little easier to skim through quickly and keep flow. At least that's what I've always found.
It depends on the situation. A single space works good if the two separated sentences/paragraphs are inclusive to the same idea, and a double space for separate ideas.
I don't know if it changes anything though. Since all forms of proper writing on internet bulliten boards are at a third grade level, if it even exists at all, sentence structure doesn't matter.
Various people have suggested I double space things like that, but I usually wound up ignoring them all. There are better and more professional ways to achieve the same effect, anyway (usually renderer specific. In HTML, it's CSS - double spacing doesn't even really work anyway; I'm sure word processing tools such as MS Word/OpenOffice/LaTeX have their own facilities also).
I gathered that learned English required two spaces. Business letters and formal invites, etc. I don't online, 'cause half of the web doesn't recognize them anyway. Any printed materials, however, I still do.
Well, now how's this then .I just found myself washed up on a tropical island (if anyone on here lives in Jamaica - yo .) and I've found a large number of people who punctuate with a space, then a period .As I've done throughout this message .Is this standard anywhere ?cuz it's hard to do, having learned it the other way.
) seems to require single spaces. I was always taught to double-space when growing up, and I still do it out of habit, even on BBs.
