2 spaces between sentences

3 May 2017

Quote by Buz
Remember, either one or two spaces between sentences is acceptable as long as it is consistent.

If you're having a problem editing the two spaces between paragraphs and would prefer that be just one paragraph, as is standard for non-indented paragraphing, then notify the story mods.

Personally, if I catch a story in the verification queue that is double-spaced between paragraphs, I always fix that to single spacing.

Ask Gav to fix it. HTML doesn't normally show multiple spaces, unless they're non-breaking spaces. Multiple regular spaces are shown as one space.
It's standard. If they are shown though, then that's a deliberate style setting.

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3 May 2017

Quote by TheTravellingMan
I always use the two space rule as I find it helps with comprehension. As Lush also fully justifies paragraphs, this helps them stand out. The only thing I do differently here is shorter paragraphs as large blocks of text are hard to read or is it just me?

Not just you - I use shorter paragraphs here too.

Quote by Saucymh
I'd never come across any writing with a double space between sentences before I started reading on Lush. However, I googled the double space thingie and it's technically correct, just outdated.

Who are you calling outdated? smile

3 May 2017

Quote by noll

Ask Gav to fix it. HTML doesn't normally show multiple spaces, unless they're non-breaking spaces. Multiple regular spaces are shown as one space.
It's standard. If they are shown though, then that's a deliberate style setting.

The space for paragraphing often shows in the text edit box but disappears when final submission is clicked. This is usually only a problem with editing much older stories. This only happened after fixing other, more prevalent problems. It is not often a problem and is not difficult to edit.

Unfortunately, not all text writing/editing softwares work as compatibly as they should.

Maybe if there was only one worldwide IT God who had complete control of all programmers we wouldn't have this problem.
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3 May 2017

Quote by Verbal

Who are you calling outdated?

4 May 2017

I habitually do the two space thing after end punctuation also. I learned to type when I was young and then the two space thing was still required when I was in college. It's only been since I've been writing fiction online and on Amazon that I've heard of the new one space rule.

Lush has somehow always automatically fixed it for me so I've never really had to think about it. The fact that I see this as a real topic is just weird every time. Lol

4 May 2017

Quote by Buz

The space for paragraphing often shows in the text edit box but disappears when final submission is clicked. This is usually only a problem with editing much older stories. This only happened after fixing other, more prevalent problems. It is not often a problem and is not difficult to edit.

Unfortunately, not all text writing/editing softwares work as compatibly as they should.

Maybe if there was only one worldwide IT God who had complete control of all programmers we wouldn't have this problem.

It would be nice if they were all compatible indeed, but in the case of double spaces this should be automatically fixed by the fact that Lush is an online medium, published in HTML (well unless Gav deliberately added some styling to make multiple spaces visible as such).

As you may have noticed when you commented on my previous post I used a lot of multiple spaces in there, but they still show up as one space between each word ;)

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4 May 2017

Quote by NOLAHotGal
Well, it does not surprise me at all. Lush had established their own rules for writing. This is yet another one to add to Lush's large list of non standard Lush only rules that go against well established rules taught from grade school through post grad degrees. If Lush rules were used in these schools, a work of writing would be filled with many, many, red marks from the teacher or professor under the grade of a big F in the top margin of the composition. It's there web site and they have the wright to establish what ever rules they wish.

Yes, I would have a problem trying to place only one space between sentences. Also having to manually place the period and capitalize the first letter starting the next sentence.

Due to these ridicules rules, I along with a lot of other writers of stories refuse to post their stories here. There are plenty of other sites that have sections for authors to post their writings with only a few rules. Most of those explain the subject matter that can not be posted.

Brandie

It is standard format these days to have only one space between sentences so that a story is printer ready. Lush, as far as I know, doesn't print any of it's stuff, so we don't make this a requirement. It is, however, standard among publishers now. How is it harder to hit the space bar once than twice? You are using a computer now, and I assume a word processing program. You can set your program to automatically set your spaces to one, as RumpleForeskin said.

I am sorry that you feel you and your friends must forego posting because of our, "...ridicules rules," but this is not one of them, at least not one we enforce. We prefer one space, but we have posted numerous stories with two. Any notification that that is a hard and fast rule at Lush is wrong. If I have told anyone that it is, I apologize. Still, we do prefer one space. It makes our site look more professional when our stories comply to standard formatting. Our standard is one space, our policy is not. If you are referring to the policy on proper punctuation and grammar, I have nothing to apologize for. We hold our writers to a higher standard because if our writers are better, our stories are better. We think our site has the best writers and the best stories anywhere on the net. We don't want to post a bunch of poorly constructed stories made almost unreadable by the bad punctuation and grammar. Any rules that you take umbrage at can be addressed to the help desk by hovering over the question mark in the red line at the top of your page, and clicking on contact us.

You can PM me with a list of the rules that you have been taught from grammar school onward that you believe differ from Lush, and I will address those with you. Or you can post them on here or a new thread.

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4 May 2017

Quote by Green_Man
It has always been my custom to create all of my writings right here in our site submission panel. I never worry about changing or correcting or selecting formats. I just use what is given here. I submit from here and later download to special files on my computer. From there I can upload to anywhere else, for instance, a smashwords ebook I may be working on.

That's a great idea. Then you don't have to worry about your format matching Lush's.

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5 May 2017

I learned two spaces on a manual typewriter, and I have no problem adjusting.

Because I don't =P

Absolutely nowhere I post requires adherence to the new standard, so I continue to type exactly as I have for 30 years.

90% of it ends up with a single space anyway, because HTML does that with no intervention.

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5 May 2017

Two spaces forever!

That's how I learned to touch type back in '91. KeyCoach, I think.

I have to force myself to go single space in formal documents at work now because some muppet updated the style guide. Sigh. That's right, a motherfuckin' two-spaced sigh. But I add the extra spaces when I cut and paste someone's email.

Fight the power, Verbal!

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