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Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:58 pm
by NotoriousREV
Pete_ wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:42 pm
I'm fully behind his bringing back the double space after the full stop though! I didn't realise that one space was the standard now until I got told off my the comms person in work a couple of months ago.
Double spaces are bollocks.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:26 pm
by Mito Man
Pete_ wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:42 pm
I'm fully behind his bringing back the double space after the full stop though! I didn't realise that one space was the standard now until I got told off my the comms person in work a couple of months ago.
This is the first time I’ve heard of a double space after a full stop
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:57 pm
by Jobbo
Pete_ wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:42 pm
I'm fully behind his bringing back the double space after the full stop though! I didn't realise that one space was the standard now until I got told off my the comms person in work a couple of months ago.
Pete is correct. People who write code are not qualified to comment.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:06 pm
by IanF
Dunno what you’re on about Rev, he seems very concerned with current events.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:07 pm
by integrale_evo
Never heard of that either. On an iPhone if you double tap the space bar it does a full stop and one space which is what I would do if I was typing normally.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:15 pm
by Mito Man
I’ve looked it up and it’s because typewriters left smaller spaces so it looked odd and was done to make new sentences more clear but ever since the advent of the computer it’s pointless.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:35 pm
by Beany
Stop talking about his quirky views on measurements and start talking about his voting record.
Which is basically the embodiment of an entitled, moneyed fucksock who wants to go back to the the 1950s, with all that entails.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:40 pm
by NotoriousREV
It’s all just the tip of a regressive iceberg.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:59 pm
by Beany
NotoriousREV wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:40 pm
It’s all just the tip of a regressive iceberg.
OH BUT ISN'T HE FUNNY! HO HO LOOK AT HIM WITH HIS DOUBLE BREASTED SUIT!
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:21 am
by duncs500
Jobbo wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:57 pm
Pete_ wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:42 pm
I'm fully behind his bringing back the double space after the full stop though! I didn't realise that one space was the standard now until I got told off my the comms person in work a couple of months ago.
Pete is correct. People who write code are not qualified to comment.
Jobbo is, unsurprisingly, correct (as is Pete).
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:43 am
by Mito Man
But software seems to do it automatically? If you look closely it seems that spacing is greater after any form of punctuation versus between words.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:51 am
by Swervin_Mervin
Jobbo wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:57 pm
Pete_ wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:42 pm
I'm fully behind his bringing back the double space after the full stop though! I didn't realise that one space was the standard now until I got told off my the comms person in work a couple of months ago.
Pete is correct. People who write code are not qualified to comment.
JIC. I lay the same law down in our office. I was once asked by a client to remove all double spacing and refused. Told him someone else could do it if he wanted.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:53 am
by Swervin_Mervin
Mito Man wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:15 pm
I’ve looked it up and it’s because typewriters left smaller spaces so it looked odd and was done to make new sentences more clear but ever since the advent of the computer it’s pointless.
No it isn't. I can read a document and tell you whether double spacing is used or not.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:07 am
by Mito Man
You do your thing and I’ll just continue not giving a crap
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:00 pm
by NotoriousREV
It’s anachronistic bollocks, just like JRM.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:28 pm
by JLv3.0
Good to see the biggest issues are being tackled first.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:29 pm
by Rich B
Low hanging fruit!
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:47 pm
by NotoriousREV
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:52 pm
by duncs500
Oxford comma goes before 'and', that's talking about commas after 'and'.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:56 pm
by Pete_
Ok I'm probably going to be shown up as a fool here, but isn't JRM obviously correct on this point as well? The oxford comma should come before the 'and' rather than after it.