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TwoSpacesAfterAPeriod 7 - 10 Apr 2012 - Main.DanielChung
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 My LPW instructor last semester said that in legal writing, we should use two spaces after a period. Is this just another arbitrary rule--like countless others in the Bluebook--that we should blindly obey? Ironically, I don't think the "two-space" rule is even a rule in the super comprehensive Bluebook. Isn't one space sufficient and more efficient? What we do we gain by tapping the space bar one more time (obviously, we don't lose much either, but I'd prefer not to)?

Here's an interesting article that argues that we should never use two spaces after a period: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

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This is from Section 6.7 of the Chicago Manual: "In typeset matter, one space, not two, should be used between two sentences—whether the first ends in a period, a question mark, an exclamation point, or a closing quotation mark or parenthesis. By the same token, one space, not two, should follow a colon. When a particular design layout calls for more space between two elements—for example, between a figure number and a caption—the design should specify the exact amount of space (e.g., em space)."

 Also, if you want a good instruction book on how to use LaTeX? for typing mathematical formulas, let me know. I have a good manual in PDF form.

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