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Sentence #329174

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blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 12:49:00 PM UTC link Permalink

Please replace the double space before "What's" with a single one.

fcbond fcbond June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 3:09:54 PM UTC link Permalink

I actually prefer French spacing (two spaces after a period for the end of the sentence) and in any case I don't mind if the corpus is inconsistent here. Do we really need to fix these?

blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 3:15:44 PM UTC link Permalink

I think we should be consistent, and the single space after . is the most common by far. I suppose it's not vital.

blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 3:17:07 PM UTC link Permalink

Oh yes, one big point - Tatoeba _doesn't_display_ double spaces so having them spaced like that is completely pointless. :-P

fcbond fcbond June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 3:28:24 PM UTC link Permalink

I often use the Tanaka corpus as a dump, and I actually then split the sub-sentences, so having two spaces is a useful cue. Consistency is a good thing, but in this case just doesn't feel so urgent.

blay_paul blay_paul June 27, 2010 June 27, 2010 at 7:21:04 AM UTC link Permalink

> I, too, would prefer the more standard double space after
> sentences.

double space after . isn't standard. At least, not now and not professionally.
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/...etwospaces.htm

Actual practice is probably around 50/50.

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Vaporise the solvent from the liquid. What's left is the perfume component and a lump of vegetable wax.

added by blay_paul, June 20, 2008