"Indeed ... Many people learned back in typing class that you need two spaces following the end of a sentence, but that doesn't necessarily make it right. The MLA style guide, the Chicago style guide, and the APA style guide all prescribe one space following a period in typeset-quality text (i.e., anything your computer produces). Want links? Here they are: http://www.chicagomanualofstyl... http://www.mla.org/style_faq3 http://blog.apastyle.org/apast... And if you're not too snobby for Wikipedia and blogs, these pages have some useful background and links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D... http://grammar.quickanddirtyti..." - Nathan Rein