One Space/Two Spaces After Period? - CSRNation2024-03-29T00:14:19Zhttp://csrnation.ning.com/forum/topics/one-spacetwo-spaces-after?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe quotation mark before the…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-26:1736041:Comment:10260752009-05-26T20:56:29.143ZBrenda Rogershttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BrendaRogers
The quotation mark before the period is a British way of doing things. Look in any American style book and you'll see it goes after the period. But as you say, people have different ways of doing things, and if one is going to do it "wrong," at least it should be that way all the way through! :)
The quotation mark before the period is a British way of doing things. Look in any American style book and you'll see it goes after the period. But as you say, people have different ways of doing things, and if one is going to do it "wrong," at least it should be that way all the way through! :) That is good to know, Jennife…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-26:1736041:Comment:10260062009-05-26T18:57:35.396ZJennie Annhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Jennie
That is good to know, Jennifer.<br />
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It is amazing to me how many styles exist. Some folks put the quotation mark before the period, and others don't.<br />
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Some folks put a space before and after the double hyphen (en/em dash), and others have no space.<br />
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I guess the golden rule is to always be consistent. :>)
That is good to know, Jennifer.<br />
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It is amazing to me how many styles exist. Some folks put the quotation mark before the period, and others don't.<br />
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Some folks put a space before and after the double hyphen (en/em dash), and others have no space.<br />
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I guess the golden rule is to always be consistent. :>) Betty,
I am a new CSR in Texa…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-26:1736041:Comment:10260022009-05-26T18:54:39.341ZJennifer Lynn Campbellhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/JenniferLynnCampbell
Betty,<br />
I am a new CSR in Texas. I finished school about a year ago, so I guess I am pretty up-to-date on these things. I'm in Texas, and the school that I went to is still teaching two spaces after a period. I guess I'm not an authority, but for what it's worth, I still put two spaces after a period. Hope this helps.
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I am a new CSR in Texas. I finished school about a year ago, so I guess I am pretty up-to-date on these things. I'm in Texas, and the school that I went to is still teaching two spaces after a period. I guess I'm not an authority, but for what it's worth, I still put two spaces after a period. Hope this helps. I have recently implemented t…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-26:1736041:Comment:10259562009-05-26T16:52:29.977ZLeehttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Lee
I have recently implemented the one-space rule for the police reports we do at our company. Most of the software programs they use are changing it automatically anyway. It will be a challenge for the veteran people. Some of the younger people were finding it hard to put two spaces and were always getting criticized. I can't bring myself to implement this on our verbatim transcripts though. Keeping two spaces there. That's the happy medium we've reached!
I have recently implemented the one-space rule for the police reports we do at our company. Most of the software programs they use are changing it automatically anyway. It will be a challenge for the veteran people. Some of the younger people were finding it hard to put two spaces and were always getting criticized. I can't bring myself to implement this on our verbatim transcripts though. Keeping two spaces there. That's the happy medium we've reached! My daughter experienced the s…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-23:1736041:Comment:10248132009-05-23T13:06:39.207ZJennie Annhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Jennie
My daughter experienced the same thing at her college in Virginia.<br />
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There are some transcription companies that I heard about who utilize the one-space-after-period rule. One of the traits that makes a good transcriptionist is being able to adapt their style to different companies' preferences. That is what separates the lions from the lambs in the client-provided transcription world.<br />
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Me personally, my transcripts will always have two spaces -- ALWAYS. I'd rather fight than switch. LOL! :>)
My daughter experienced the same thing at her college in Virginia.<br />
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There are some transcription companies that I heard about who utilize the one-space-after-period rule. One of the traits that makes a good transcriptionist is being able to adapt their style to different companies' preferences. That is what separates the lions from the lambs in the client-provided transcription world.<br />
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Me personally, my transcripts will always have two spaces -- ALWAYS. I'd rather fight than switch. LOL! :>) Wow ...tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-22:1736041:Comment:10244212009-05-22T16:12:36.492ZBetty Kellyhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BettyKelly
Wow ...
Wow ... The Gregg Reference Manual al…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-22:1736041:Comment:10244182009-05-22T16:10:44.049ZLeehttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Lee
The Gregg Reference Manual also says that one space after the period is now the common practice. They are now teaching this in college. My friend's daughter was marked off for putting two spaces.
The Gregg Reference Manual also says that one space after the period is now the common practice. They are now teaching this in college. My friend's daughter was marked off for putting two spaces. Court reporters still use two…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-21:1736041:Comment:10239062009-05-21T16:41:27.845ZBrenda Rogershttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/BrendaRogers
Court reporters still use two spaces. One space is for desktop publishing, newspapers, etc. It depends on the type of font you're using. Courier New requires two spaces.<br />
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Chicago Manual of Style doesn't address legal transcripts; it's addressing newspapers and books more. If you look at books, they've had only one space for . . .ever. But they use a font that is proportional -- the L takes up less space on the page than the M. In our transcripts, they all take the same amount of space. That's…
Court reporters still use two spaces. One space is for desktop publishing, newspapers, etc. It depends on the type of font you're using. Courier New requires two spaces.<br />
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Chicago Manual of Style doesn't address legal transcripts; it's addressing newspapers and books more. If you look at books, they've had only one space for . . .ever. But they use a font that is proportional -- the L takes up less space on the page than the M. In our transcripts, they all take the same amount of space. That's the difference.<br />
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Stick with two spaces in transcripts. One is inappropriate.<br />
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(I only skimmed most of these messages, so I apologize if I'm repeating.) I still use two spaces after…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-21:1736041:Comment:10238592009-05-21T15:35:35.555ZMichellehttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/MichelleCoffey
I still use two spaces after a period too :)
I still use two spaces after a period too :) My daughter asked me if I cou…tag:csrnation.ning.com,2009-05-21:1736041:Comment:10238322009-05-21T14:13:47.935ZJennie Annhttp://csrnation.ning.com/profile/Jennie
My daughter asked me if I could retype a one-and-a-half page thingie for her nursing course. She works full time and goes to school full time, and so I obliged.<br />
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I did not change the words, but I did notice one space after every period. I decided to correct it for her, making it two spaces after the period instead of one space.<br />
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When she came to get it, she said, "Oh, no, that's wrong." I explained to her the two spaces after the period, and she said that in her college, the professor has…
My daughter asked me if I could retype a one-and-a-half page thingie for her nursing course. She works full time and goes to school full time, and so I obliged.<br />
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I did not change the words, but I did notice one space after every period. I decided to correct it for her, making it two spaces after the period instead of one space.<br />
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When she came to get it, she said, "Oh, no, that's wrong." I explained to her the two spaces after the period, and she said that in her college, the professor has instructed them to only use one space after the period. So that is how she does it.<br />
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On my transcripts, ALL of my transcripts, it will always be two spaces. LOL<br />
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That said, when I pull up a document in Microsoft Word, I do notice that sometimes when the two spaces fall at the end of a line, the first space will be at the end of a line and the second space will be at the beginning of the next line.<br />
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So, when proofing my Word-formatted transcripts, if this happens with the first space at the end of a line and the second space at the beginning of the next line, I will remove the second space, to make the document flush left. I think that may be one reason for going to one space after periods, but I'd rather fight that switch. ;>)