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		jlokier on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Word now flags double spaces after a per... A wide space after a period is only sensible when the period ends a sentence.

rjknight on April 25, 2020 [–]

It would seem sensible to me that a word processor should treat a double-space as a hint that the preceding period ended a sentence, and a single-space as a (weaker) hint that it did not.

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