Spaces after full stops. Anyone as old as me?

Same here NannyDee

Still do it. Can’t stop myself.

Lovetopaint, the same for me...3 and 2. Also we had to indent the first line of a new paragraph.

I've never heard of the 3/2 rule but certainly knew about two spaces after a full stop.

When companies tried to change it I was told that companies were trying to get reduce it down to one as a result of one company - I seem to have either BT or British Gas in my mind - wanting typists to increase their output. Mind you that could be a complete urban myth. I do think it helps people read more easily with two.

Double space after paragraphs causes havoc in messenger though.

I cant help it - it's a bit like breathing!

I learned to type in the 80s. Two spaces following a full stop then !

Still do it, by instinct.

2 spaces - still do it!

2 spaces after fullstop. I try to do it when texting.

Did secretarial training in 1969 - but not in the UK. Was never taught double spacing after full stop. None of my bosses or colleagues ever pointed it out to me either.

Same here.

I once spent half a lesson trying to work out a shorthand phrase. Turned out to be a dash! I must have been absent for the vital lesson.

Miss Horner was very strict. Even made us do a lesson on our last day of school.

The two or three spaces is definitely a typing/secretarial thing. In the print, only one space is used. It's hard to change habits and I can't see that it matters for viewing on a screen.

Same here.

I learnt to type in the 60s and was taught two spaces after a full stop.

And double spacing for paragraphs too

I was taught the same way in my secretarial course. I still do two spaces after a full stop, couldn’t do anything different now! I thought everyone did!

Whether two or three spaces, it is not so much out of fashion as no longer necessary unless you are using a typewriter rather than a computer. Perhaps Jacob Rees-Mogg will be reinstating typewriters in his office.

I was taught to use two spaces after a flipping stop. No mention of Colons.

And, double spacing for paragraphs.

I taught myself to type from a Pitman’s book about 1967 and learnt to put 3 spaces after full stop and 2 after semi-colon, like you, Lovetopaint. I still prefer to put 2 or 3 spaces after full stop, though I know it’s out of fashion.