The two-space debate is over
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See this expression? Lordy, I love this expression.
It belongs to Mary Norris, a proofreader at the New Yorker who is also the "Comma Queen."
Her job these days is often to pull out the two spaces that some people leave after a period, leaving one, an issue that tears newsrooms and offices apart.
Who would do such a thing?
That's right. Old people. And that's why she has that expression, which is laugh-out-loud funny.
Watch the video here.
Related: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period. (Slate)
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