On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Ben Kosse claimed:

Also, everyone remember to put ONE space after periods, even with monospaced
type. (I was involved in a discussion with various people who should know,

I thought this was only for published works, ie. Newspapers, books, etc.
Unpublished essays, stories should have two spaces...?

     Nope. You're always supposed to use one space after a period, question
mark, exclamation point, or colon. It was an old secretaries myth about 2
spaces, and therefore found its way into typing classes, then english classes.

  Even if those were its origins (which sounds doubtful), putting two spaces 
after a period is now accepted manuscript format. 
  Editors gripe if you submit a manuscript with only one space after each 
period.


-joyce, Disciple of Kasumi
Joey-kun no iinazuke!!