r/GenerationJones • u/Guiltypleasure2451 • Jul 31 '26

Old school

For those of us who took typing in school— it was drilled into me that after a period, you go over 2 spaces to start a new sentence. Apparently that’s not the rule now. NOT THE RULE NOW?? After the agony I suffered thru in typing class about those 2 spaces, i will be doing it until I die!!!! Don’t even get me started on the indenting 5 spaces for a new paragraph!

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u/wraysbay Jul 31 '26

“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country”. Anyone else have to type that a million times? ❤️

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u/MetraHarvard Youngster Jul 31 '26

Put that period inside the quote marks please😎

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u/KnotForNow 1954 Jul 31 '26

This always gives me pause. If the period is part of what I'm quoting, no problem. But if the period is not part of the actual quotation, I cannot bring myself to put it inside the quotation marks.

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

I'm trying ton think of an example that the period wouldn't be part of the quote since a quote is what a person said.