Is 2 spaces after a period the standard for legal writing?
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Date: August 21st, 2005 6:39 PM Author: Silver field
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Date: August 21st, 2005 6:42 PM Author: Unholy demanding shrine
I'm sorry. Are you using a TYPEWRITER? Didn't think so.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 6:51 PM Author: Saffron pistol resort
It seems like the correct way should either be two spaces or either one or two spaces, but not one space.
Too many people have two spaces ingrained.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 6:53 PM Author: Heady Chestnut Theater
Is there a BLUEBOOK or ALWD rule on this? Anyone know?
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Date: August 21st, 2005 7:10 PM Author: multi-colored twinkling lodge community account
No bluebook or ALWD as far as I know. also never seen court rules that say one or two. two is fine for everything, including legal writing.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 7:53 PM Author: Contagious Becky
1 is, per the BB and the CMS.
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Date: August 22nd, 2005 7:54 AM Author: nudist cruise ship
On EVERY PAGE of the BB.
Seriously. Open it. Look for a period. See how many spaces are after the period. There's your answer.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 8:21 PM Author: sooty weed whacker
Why would you use two spaces? Every word processing program from the last 20 years has intelligent spacing built-in. Hit the spacebar one, unless you're using a typewriter or you've been asked specifically to make the document look like strange.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 8:25 PM Author: salmon greedy mood locale
Okay, in my job, at a big NYC bank, when we wrote up contracts for our clients, I KNOW we used 2 spaces.
I didn't know people didn't use 2 spaces. As I said above, this is what we were specifically taught in typing class (on a computer, not a typewriter).
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Date: August 21st, 2005 9:17 PM Author: aromatic medicated pozpig
kill youself for asking this.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 9:27 PM Author: burgundy factory reset button stage
Word gives you a little green squiggle if you don't use two spaces.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 9:41 PM Author: Violet son of senegal juggernaut
That is a holdover from when people first switched to word processing software. People were too confused by the apparently sudden need to only space once. You can fix it in your spelling & grammar options, the same place you can choose whether to have a comma before the and in a list (i.e. a bat, a ball, and a glove). I found out about this earlier in the summer and after researching it online, one space appears to be the rule for all normal documents unless, of course, you are actually typing them on a typewriter. As for the contracts at the NYC bank, contracts are sometimes different from normal documents. On the other hand, there is an element of preference. Some people always use full-justified and some people always use left-justified, which is correct?
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Date: August 21st, 2005 9:42 PM Author: Appetizing sanctuary corn cake
Two spaces after the period has always been standard and is standard for legal writing. HOWEVER, all word processing programs make the space slightly larger after a period, which was intended to eliminate the need to add an extra space. HOWEVER, people were so used to adding two spaces that the practice is still common, which has made the "correct" way to do it impossible to determine.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 9:42 PM Author: fishy arousing box office rigpig
I'm used to it, so I still do it. If I had to, it'd be a lot easier to turn all the double spaces into single ones than the other way around.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 10:12 PM Author: Heady Chestnut Theater
What the fuck so there is no standard?
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Date: August 21st, 2005 10:17 PM Author: titillating associate
Does any one use the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (5th/6th edition)?
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Date: August 21st, 2005 11:42 PM Author: Elite Deranged Brunch
Apparently, you do not use grammar books either.
tootles.
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Date: August 21st, 2005 11:43 PM Author: ruddy 180 pisswyrm
That's true; I don't.
But my sentence looks all right to me.
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Date: August 22nd, 2005 12:16 AM Author: flesh yarmulke
I read in some prominent place (perhaps the Chicago Manual of Style) that one space is appropriate. Two spaces harken back to the days of typewriters.
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Date: August 22nd, 2005 6:47 AM Author: rusted abode
The Michigan Law Review only uses one space.
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Date: August 22nd, 2005 8:23 AM Author: Primrose Stag Film Affirmative Action Subject: wow, it's been hammered into my head for at least 10 years
for two spaces. i've gone back into documents and added spaces to mine and even others while editing.
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