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  2. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    The Style manual for authors, editors and printers (6th edn, 2002), [14] sponsored by the Australian Government, stipulates that only one space is used after "sentence-closing punctuation", and that "Programs for word processing and desktop publishing offer more sophisticated, variable spacing, so this practice of double spacing is now avoided ...

  3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form (Mostly used when translating) The version of the verb is used incorrectly e: ending: The ending of the word is incorrect / needs to be changed c ...

  4. Sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    The 2002 study tested participants' reading speed for passages of on-screen text with single and double sentence spacing. The authors stated that "the 'double space group' consistently took longer time to finish than the 'single space' group" but concluded that "there was not enough evidence to suggest that a significant difference exists". [96 ...

  5. History of sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    Here are some definitions of French spacing: "Additional space at the ends of sentences is called 'French Spacing.' It is a very old practice, having been commonplace in books up through the 19th century" [7] "Adding two spaces after a period is called French spacing. French spacing was quite common in books before the 19th century.

  6. Emacs - Wikipedia

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    Emacs provides commands to manipulate and differentially display semantic units of text such as words, sentences, paragraphs and source code constructs such as functions. It also features keyboard macros for performing user-defined batches of editing commands. GNU Emacs is a real-time display editor, as its edits are displayed onscreen as they ...

  7. Customize your Inbox theme, font size and layout in AOL Mail

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    Choose a theme, change your message layout, enable the message preview pane, and select appropriate inbox spacing to customize your Inbox and create the perfect email experience. Select Inbox spacing 1.

  8. Space (punctuation) - Wikipedia

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    The International System of Units (SI) prescribes inserting a space between a number and a unit of measurement (the space being regarded as an implied multiplication sign) but never between a prefix and a base unit; a space (or a multiplication dot) should also be used between units in compound units. [23] 5.0 cm, not 5.0cm or 5.0 c m or 5.0 cms

  9. GNU Emacs - Wikipedia

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    Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU Project and author of GNU Emacs. The original EMACS was written in 1976 by David A. Moon and Guy L. Steele Jr. as a set of macros for the TECO editor, and in 1984, Richard Stallman began work on GNU Emacs, to produce a free software replacement to the proprietary Gosling Emacs.