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I think that may be the style of the older generation - remember my grandparents doing this when I first started using a computer.

Also, I never actually use it personally but a double space on a Mac keyboard automatically enters a period and a (single) space for you.

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The double-space after the period is good when using a monospaced typewriter, because for readability there should be more space between sentences than between words (not twice as much, but that's the best you can do with a typewriter unless it has a half-space.)

Now that most writing is done on word processors that use proportional fonts and manage the spacing themselves, it's no longer called for.

Great now i feel old. I was taught to use double space after periods.

I will happily continue double spacing until my fingers curl in death. Except on my phone: whatever it does, I've determined, is beyond my control.

Same!

It was only 6-7 years ago that I switched to single spaces.

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