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Two spaces after a period is just plain incorrect. The only reason that you would hit the space bar twice after a period when using an old-fashioned manual typewriter is because that uses fixed-width characters. When you're using a computer, or a modern electronic typewriter, the size of the space will be sufficient if you just hit it once.
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That doesn't make it incorrect--just outdated. I STILL hit the space bar twice when I type because that's how I was taught. I'm 38 years old, and I learned in grade school to hit the bar twice. This practice continued in high school when I took *gasp* a typing course. In addition, we had computers to write papers on, and our teachers NEVER told us to stop typing that way.
The reason I was given is this:
Term papers and official documents are meant to be thoroughly read, and creating that extra space causes the reader to pause over the sentence just read.
Whether this is true or not--I have no clue. But, by this point in my life, it's an old habit.
Oh, and people do realize that there are people who prefer using a typewriter and not a computer, right?
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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