I only use one space at the end of the last word in a sentence if the sentence is a question. A question mark looks jammed up when it is against the word and looks sexier with a space, .
What do I know ? I am a high school drop out.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Considering how many people don't nowadys, I don't much care HOW they use punctuation, just happy as heck when they USE it.

AMEN to that.

quote Originally posted by cliffw: What do I know ? I am a high school drop out.

Probably a lot. High school is only one way to get educated.

But the real question is how many spaces to use after a colon: 1, or 2?

Well then I guess I am truly doomed to hell. High school typing class taught two spaces to the point it is automatic for me.

Lets not mention colons .

quote Originally posted by Formula88: But the real question is how many spaces to use after a colon: 1, or 2?

2.

You want as much space between a colon and you as socially acceptable.

quote Originally posted by fierofool: When in high school, I took a business curriculum including Typing I, Typing II and Advanced Typing. The standard teaching, and this was nationwide because when I competed in the National Typing Contests, everyone from across the country used 2 spaces after any text with punctuation with a period at the end. This includes ! ? : and . Anything with a comma got one space. That would be the semi-colon. Of course, that was in the 60's BC when we took typing, used 8 fingers and 1 thumb, not in the new millennium where they use 2 fingers or 2 thumbs and spell funetikly. Edited for number of fingers used.

There fixed that for you Charlie

Steve

quote Originally posted by frontal lobe: 2. You want as much space between a colon and you as socially acceptable.