In article <1192032873.503792.191410@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups. com>,
pomerado@hotmail.com says...
> On Oct 10, 4:37 am, John Fields <jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:31:28 -0700, Lester Zick
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> > >On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:50:42 -0500, John Fields
> > ><jfie...@austininstruments.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:10:39 -0700, Lester Zick
> > >><dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> >
> > >>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:33:12 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
> > >>><RUBo...@crackasmile.org> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:55:28 -0700, John Larkin
> > >>>><jjlar...@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:02:16 -0700, "Herbert John \"Jackie\" Gleason"
> > >>>>><BufordTJust...@Texarkanacops.gov> wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>>On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:23:42 -0700, Lester Zick <dontbot...@nowhere.net>
> > >>>>>>wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>>>>It will only get worse and I just think that nipping the problems in the bud
> > >>>>>>>>is the best solution instead of waiting until their full blown.
> >
> > >>>>>>>It's good to know the problem itself isn't already full blown.
> >
> > >>>>>> They guy has a severe problem with the word "they're" in several
> > >>>>> ^^^^^^^^
> > >>>>>>locations in this thread alone.
> >
> > >>>>>They guy?
> >
> > >>>>>Funny.
> >
> > >>>>>John
> >
> > >>>> Typo, dipshit. You... retarded.
> >
> > >>>Well sure. We all make them occasionally. That's why I don't comment
> > >>>unless its repeated.
> > >> ^^^
> > >> ??? LOL!!!
> >
> > >???
> >
> > ---
> > the contraction of "it is" isn't possessive.
> > ---
> >
> > >>>But you have no idea how disconcerting it can to
> > >> ^
> > >> be
> >
> > >Granted. Missing my usual quota of vodka when I replied.
> >
> > ---
> > Granted???
> >
> > You're a pompous ass.
> > ---
> >
> > >>>be reading a comment critically when you come across a boo boo like
> > >>>that. At the very least it destroys the train of thought.And technical
> > >> ^
> > >> Space or 2
> >
> > >???
> >
> > ---
> > Conventional American English requires that the period ending one
> > sentence be followed by one or two (usually two) spaces prior to the
> > start of the next sentence.
>
> Two spaces are recommended in non-proportional fonts like Courier New,
> a legacy from typewriter days. Some proportional fonts used in modern
> computers adjust the location of the period at the end of a sentence
> so that two spaces are not required to provide a distinctive space
> between sentences.

Exactly.

> I still use two spaces anyway.
>
I do too, but Frame bitches so I try to shift to one when writing
documents. When I do the final check I end up hitting 'y' all the
way through.


--
Keith