Friday, January 23, 2009

Grammar Post #3

Spacing:

Somewhere, in my many years of school, I was taught that you leave two spaces after a period. After reading the SMGTW I found it was wrong. In APA and MLA styles of writing it is correct to leave only one space after the period.

Example:

The dog chased the cat. The cat chased the mouse. Incorrect

The dog chased the cat. The cat chased the mouse. Correct

This website helped me to further understand why.

1 comment:

  1. Thats funny. Now that you mention it, I too remember being taught that same rule about the two spaces after the period.

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