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TwoSpacesAfterAPeriod 5 - 10 Apr 2012 - Main.ShefaliSingh
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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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 (Also, TeX is pronounced 'tech' not 'tecks.' The X on the end is the Greek letter chi.)
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To go back to your original comment, Daniel, my LPW instructor last semester told me NOT to use two spaces after every sentence. According to him, the latest version of the Chicago Manual of Style changed the rule to only one space. So it depends on which style book you follow. Which we will, sadly, probably have to be seriously concerned with as lawyers I suppose.

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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