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 My LPW instructor last semester said that in legal writing, we should use two spaces after a period. Is this just another arbitrary rule--like countless others in the Bluebook--that we should blindly obey? Ironically, I don't think the "two-space" rule is even a rule in the super comprehensive Bluebook. Isn't one space sufficient and more efficient? What we do we gain by tapping the space bar one more time (obviously, we don't lose much either, but I'd prefer not to)?

Here's an interesting article that argues that we should never use two spaces after a period: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/01/space_invaders.html

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Also, if you want a good instruction book on how to use LaTeX? for typing mathematical formulas, let me know. I have a good manual in PDF form.

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For the record, on the beauty/power of separating content from presentation in the web context, see CSSZenGarden. -- SanjayMurti - 10 Apr 2012


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