[amanda6035]

I'm surprised no one else has said it. I was taught 2 spaces.....when I was 10 years old in the 5th grade. But when I took a technical writing class, and the issue was brought up our professor said that 2 spaces is no longer necessary because of the types of fonts available today. She said (and I forgot the technical term for it) that each letter used to take up the same amound of space width-wise (ie: the letter "i" was just was wide as an "m" and because of that, two spaces was necessary to break up teh sentences and make it easier to read.) It was 1 space after a comma, semi colon or colon, and two spaces after a period. But she said that today it was no longer necessary because of the types of fonts that are available. So i use 1, always.