“Do not include two spaces after a period. Two spaces used to be necessary because typewriters were not formatted to handle a period followed by a T, for example. The left side of the T would overlap the period. Now, computers handle all of the spacing issues for us, so we do not have to worry about hitting the space bar twice.”
via Dumpster or dumpster? Important Editing Skills That You Need to Know | WordServe Water Cooler.
I’ve always wondered why folks insisted on putting two spaces after their periods. I edited a LOT of papers in school, and I saw this error all the time.
This post has loads of other useful editing tips. If you are a writer of any kind, you should check it out.
Thanks for linking to my post! :)