Mims the Word

Did your editor stage an intervention? :)

Well, it started with beta readers mentioning it, then I had an editor say something, and they had worked in MS published by traditional publishers. I relented, keywording all double space to switch to one.

It’s a hard habit to break when you touch type isn’t it?

I still out two spaces at the end of a sentence lol

Is double space still a thing?

It wasn’t automatically adopted in schools. Some high schools were still double spacing 10 years ago.

I was never taught to double space in school and when one of my writing partners did it, I freaked. I had no idea it was even a thing.

In both my undergrad & grad programs it was required for all papers. Makes it easier on the eyes of the faculty.

I have been in undergrad and grad. No one has ever mentioned it.

Really. In the US? Was it a tradition school or online. My faculty would not even read a paper if it was single spaced. That and the citing requirements were non negotiable. You'd get an instant F.

I have been in both traditional college, University of Louisville and University of New Haven over the past 5 years. No one has ever said anything about double spacing after a sentence. That’s an outdated notion. If it’s your thing then cool.

Oxford comma today, tomorrow, and forever.

I still put two spaces after a period.

Me too!

1) I flat-out refuse to use till as the short form of until; till is what a farmer does to his fields; the correct form is and always will be 'til.

I will not use contractions in narrative only in dialogue.