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sentence spacing - mj

Posted: Nov 19, 2009

HI, I need to know if there are supposed to be 2 spaces between sentences. I was always taught in word there was one. I need to know because I edit.

the newest version is: one space, it's cheaper! Ask your employer how he wants it..nm - spacing

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Ask your employer/client. Some use 2, some 1. - NM

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sentence spacing - mj - Andie

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Hi MJ,

I have 3+ years experiencing working as a pscyhiatric medical transcriptionist, and we are told to only do 1 space between sentences. Also, while in a Medical Transcription program at a community college, I was taught to only do 1 space as well. I feels there's no need to do 2 spaces. Hope this helps:-)

THANX - mj

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I used to do 1, but now I am told to do 2. this is confusing

Just like anything else, it is all client preference. I am old - ht

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school and have used 2 for 25+ years. It is hard to change to 1 for the few clients that want it.

It's important to remember that many "rules," SM - MissIndigo

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of punctuation, grammar, and formatting are no more than preferences in style, chosen (like clothes) to suit personality and situation. That's why large newspapers issue "style books" to their writers laying out the set of rules they've chosen for their publication.

Similarly for us, as others have said, it's all client preference, with some instruction from the MTSO as well, leaving us to cruise serenely from one style to another as we move from account to account and employer to employer.

BTW, all 3 VR programs I worked with were programmed for one space, so that's what I do with all dictation for those accounts, VR or transcribed, for consistency.

All Space Questions Go to NASA - Marc Weeks

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Two spaces used to be the norm until proportional spacing (like Times New Roman) began to be used, then one space became the preference.

I think that's what AHDI says.

As long as my MTSO wants me to proofread anything, - Im typing 2 spaces between.

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I've been doing 2 spaces for far to long to do it the other way, and 1 space, in addition to being a lot harder to read, just plain looks tacky - like it was typed by a machine. I certainly don't intend to dumb down my work so it "blends" better with VR.

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