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Doesn't anyone want to talk about this?
Doesn't anyone want to talk about this?
Why not consult the Chicago Manual of Style? Because it's not the final authority - no style manual is. It was written for a specific purpose and it only applies to THAT purpose.
I'm a 2-spacer. My primary argument is that it eliminates all possible ambiguity about if the period is ending an abbreviation or ending a sentence. I frequently run into situations where text written with single-spaces produces ambiguity and I have to re-read the sentence(s) to figure out where they stop and start.
I also feel it makes for easier reading to have a bit more space between sentences. (The same reason I use 2 line feeds between paragraphs.) The primary argument against (e.g. creating "rivers" of white space in text) comes from crappy layout decisions such as using justified text in too-small columns.
FYI, I learned to type on a computer, not a typewriter.
The contract will expire, sooner or later. When that happens, if the school has been happily operating in a Windows-free environment the administration will clearly see that there is no need to renew the contract. The sooner they start using alternative, open source software, the better. Don't let the Windows contract stall or slow this process! Thinking; Oh, we won't save any money by not using Windows now, so we should go ahead and use it to "get our money's worth" is false economy. Even if Windows software were free, it's still not the best choice. It's bloated, it's buggy, by design it's insecure. If you have the IT staff that can support free Open Source OSs and applications, you will be better off than tying your organization to closed-source software, especially when it comes from Microsoft.
And hope that someone trying to do deep research doesn't decide to look at a timeline result to find the earliest posts that reference you.
If you want to put yourself on the map, publish your own map.