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Aidan Karley wrote:
> In article <2003-06-15T13-20-50@bubble.markhill.me.uk>, Mark Hill 
> wrote:
> 
>>>However, I now wonder if educators are even
>>>teaching the double space rule, which I learned
>>
> [SNIP]
> 
>>It seems these days, grammar is not 
>>taught much in schools. I'm not too
>>sure why, but it seems to be a very 
>>common thing happening in the U.S.A 
>>and U.K at least. I'm sure I didn't
>>
> 
>        This is not GRAMMAR, but a publication or presentation style. 
> While there are LOTS of handbooks and sets of guidelines on 
> presentation style, they're a different thing from rules of grammar. 
> Personally, I find the double-space after a full stop irritating and 
> unnecessary, but I wouldn't even consider describing it as anything 
> other than a personal preference. 
<snip>

I think you hit on something that made me think
a bit.  Do you think it could be a proportional
vs. monotype font problem?  An extra space on a
monotype font may be unneeded, the space may be
wide enough.  But on a proportional font, I see
the space isn't very wide, which brings a point
which I recall the whole point of doublespacing
was because, it was meant to signify the end of
a thought.  At least that was why it was why it
was taught originally to me, but it might still
differ in the types of documents that there is.