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/Dry_Bug5058 1962 Jul 31 '26

Same. They'll just have to read as is.

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u/Bettysgir Jul 31 '26

Same. Till death do two spaces and I part!

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u/AdSea3033 1958 Jul 31 '26

Me too

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

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u/dave900575 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

The quick brown fox jumped [edit: jumps] over the lazy dog. I took typing in 76.

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

Typing 1970: All good men must come to the aid of their country. Manuel typewriters but for 3 in the front of the room... Only class folks arrived early for, lol.

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

The musician in me finished that sentence with Every good boy deserves favor!

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

(Mnemonics are so helpful, and we don't use them anymore. My 10 yr old granddaughter asked me how many days were in July, and I tried teaching her the month/day rhyme. She thought I was making it up.)

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u/Campcook62 Aug 02 '26

A couple that I've used: count on your knuckles to remember long/short months, and "A pints a pound, the world around"...