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1. stormneedle reblogged this from anderrhea and added:

   One space between verbs and the object, no spaces if there is a post-conditional for the verb, and two spaces for loop...

2. lizatfolly reblogged this from thecooknook and added:

   the brontosaurus???

3. derekthornton liked this
4. anderrhea reblogged this from the-tripper
5. the-tripper reblogged this from anderrhea and added:

   I give you Vin Diesel and you threaten me with p1g5?

6. anderrhea reblogged this from the-tripper and added:

   You should remember you have to pass through here on your way home. You wouldn’t want to wake up to three hairy little...

7. the-tripper reblogged this from anderrhea and added:

   TWO! IT’S TWO! I have frakkin AP Style turned on in Word 2007 AND IT LETS ME!...

8. simplejulie reblogged this from betterthanihoped
9. roadrunnersoup reblogged this from thecooknook and added:

   *Sniff* I love my two spaces… And I prefer to include the comma after the second to last item and before the ‘and’ in a...

10. wanderlusts liked this
11. meth reblogged this from shorterexcerpts and added:

    This literally comes up once every 3 months around here, doesn’t it? If you are using a typewriter, it’s two spaces. If...

12. heymissy liked this
13. betterthanihoped reblogged this from allthingsalishan
14. shorterexcerpts reblogged this from magdalina and added:

    I believe the MLA changed it to one space during my 1st senior year of college, and it was met with a collected shrug or...

15. anderrhea reblogged this from jasencomstock and added:

    B.b.b.b.but teabagging can be fun if they’re good with their hygiene.

16. jasencomstock reblogged this from anderrhea and added:

    two. two. Two after periods. Two after a colon: . Single Spaces after periods is for teabaggers.

17. magdalina reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:

    This is BS and I won’t do it. I WON’T!

18. talix18 reblogged this from anderrhea and added:

    I only started dropping down to one when limited character response boxes became trendy.

19. carolinek reblogged this from graceinsmallthings and added:

    I was always told we stopped because computer fonts automatically account for that after periods. Newsflash, computers...

20. michelleosaurus liked this
21. kaylambcb reblogged this from graceinsmallthings
22. anderrhea reblogged this from jasencomstock and added:

    Wait, WAT? It’s one. It’s always been one. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

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24. jasencomstock reblogged this from librarianpirate and added:

    FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

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26. valeriem reblogged this from thecooknook and added:

    Wait, the brontosaurus isn’t real??? I was taught the one space rule in college (journalism classes) and now it’s one of...

27. cuberage reblogged this from meredithnyc and added:

    I also recently found this out while preparing slides for a presentation at my company. It’s so hard to re-train myself...

28. augustajones reblogged this from cadyheron and added:

    Double-spacing after a period was the standard when typewriters were the norm. All letters were set in areas of equal...

29. karlaakins reblogged this from graceinsmallthings
30. librarianpirate reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:

    Dudes, I’m trying. Do you know how hard a habit this is to break? I have to really think about it - and even then I had...

31. busysupervising reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:

    I don’t care what the rest of the world is doing. I am going to embrace the little rebel inside of me (who is rarely let...

32. sparklyofmyveryown liked this
33. graceinsmallthings reblogged this from meredithnyc and added:

    Mere would know; that is her job after all! (For Julie and Cady: Your world is not completely crashing down around you,...

34. paperbackgirl liked this
35. talklikealady reblogged this from ilikeyourwigjanice and added:

    I am an English teacher, and we use the MLA guidelines. I can tell you that I am more frustrated with all the rule...

36. tomatoallergy liked this
37. hershapeinthedoorway reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:

    Um…. Yeah, the “two spaces” was done before I completed ELEMENTARY SCHOOL guys. I am 23, young, but not SO young…. Also,...

38. derbygirl liked this
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40. phillyfilly reblogged this from cadyheron and added:

    NOOOOOOOOOOO! Two spaces after a period is like my CARDINAL rule of formal writing (that and appropriate comma usage)....

41. ilikeyourwigjanice reblogged this from thecooknook and added:

    Mind blown. Why did I even go to school? Sorry, just can’t break the habit.

42. allthingsalishan reblogged this from thecooknook and added:

    seriously, what Julie said. What you hear is the sound of my world shattering.

43. thecooknook reblogged this from graceinsmallthings and added:

    First, they tell me Pluto is not a real planet. Then, I find out the brontosaurus isn’t real. And now this. My entire...

44. cadyheron reblogged this from graceinsmallthings and added:

    OMG. I ALWAYS do two spaces when I’m writing something in a professional setting. My world is completely blown to...

45. brittanyabeijon liked this
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47. meredithnyc reblogged this from graceinsmallthings and added:

    same here, k! I can spot 2 spaces after a period from a mile away. ew. The rule started in journalism because it saves...

48. pinkpolkadots liked this
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50. graceinsmallthings reblogged this from thebluehour and added:

    Ever since J-School, I’ve cringed whenever I see...period. That rule was thrown out the...

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