PS Question

[pbehzad]

Its an anal-retentive question, but do you think its ok to only put 1 space after a period? I know most people put 2 spaces after they finish the sentence, but I'm on the 5300 borderline, and would make it safely if i used only 1 space after a period in comparision to 2.

Thanks and sorry for being to uptight, I just want to submit this damn AMCAS application.

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[Rugger81]

hahaha i worred about the same thing. i wound up cutting a sentence down anyway, so i was able to put 2 spaces after each sentence. it was drilled into me at a young age that you MUST put 2 after a period, so i got really nervous when i thought i might have to reduce it to 1 space.

it's like being so used to putting on a seatbelt, then getting into a car that doesn't have any and you freak out.

it's amazing how crazy this **** can make you.

 

[UCLAstudent]

I only put one space for my personal statement. I don't think it matters either way.

 

[sg4runner]

I only put one space for my personal statement. I don't think it matters either way.

So did I, even though I'm used to putting 2 normally. They teach that both ways are acceptable nowadays.

 

[pbehzad]

Thanks guys. I really felt stupid asking such a question, but I really needed to know cause I didnt want to cut out a sentence or anything.

Rugger, you are right this process can make you go crazy cause you just want everything to perfect.

Best of luck to everyone

 

[Lil'Bunny]

By convention now, you're suppose to put only 1 space after a sentence. If you don't, the space looks abnormally large.

The reason why they use to do it is because sentences would look scrunched together on those old manual typewriters.

On a computer the characters are proportional; that is, they take up a proportional amount of space. So you no longer need extra spaces to separate the sentences

 

[medic170]

By convention now, you're suppose to put only 1 space after a sentence. If you don't, the space looks abnormally large.

That is indeed correct. For both business formal and casual, you space one time after all punctuation, including the end of a sentence. Also, because the PS is a formal essay, you should press return to put one full line space between paragraphs rather than indenting the first line. Hope that helps!