A note about formatting a post..

[kalianna]

What?! Please explain. In the mean time Iʻm going to have to look at a lot of online articles to see how many spaces there are. This rocks my world.

[kalakoa]

Microsoft has spoken.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/tech/micr...index.html

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

This rocks my world.

Don't want to rub salt into an open wound, but young people also think putting a period at the end of a text message is aggressive and rude.  The ultimate insult if you do use a period is to accuse the sender of being a boomer.  

I say, too bad.  Deal with it.

[Durian Fiend]

This rocks my world.

Don't want to rub salt into an open wound, but young people also think putting a period at the end of a text message is aggressive and rude.  

How did you discover this?  I agree that a period is unnecessary for a one sentence text.  Instead of stringing sentences together, I guess they just send another message.  And then another...

[kalianna]

Iʻm shattered, but Iʻm glad thereʻs a workaround in Word. Iʻll be watching for it when it comes, but it hasnʻt come yet. I just checked gmail and two spaces are still ok there and no errors on this site yet. Whew.

I can deal with no periods in texts. which are usually short. I do all sorts of illegal thing there, like U for you, R for are. Itʻs where I get my grammatical ya yaʻs out. And yeah, I should have had quotes around the U and the R.

[randomq]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[TomK]

This rocks my world.

Don't want to rub salt into an open wound, but young people also think putting a period at the end of a text message is aggressive and rude.  The ultimate insult if you do use a period is to accuse the sender of being a boomer.  

I say, too bad.  Deal with it.

Generation X here, and I put a period after a sentence. If I'm texting, then I put anything after a sentence because I'm fat-fingered, but give me a keyboard and I'll put periods where they should be, argument done. But they are really full stops, right?

Period - I'm taking a break from this sentence.

Full stop - the sentence has ended and now I'm onto another one.

[Chas]

Wow. Correct punctuation is aggressive and rude? I'm definitely a boomer.

[TomK]

Wow. Correct punctuation is aggressive and rude? I'm definitely a boomer.

You put a period at the end of your last sentence, so according to some, yes, that's both aggressive and rude. Obviously, you weren't texting, but since a few people here like to use text speak when posting on PW, you're as guilty as hell...

(note:  I used several periods so think I'm in the clear)

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Using a period at the end of a text message, from NY Times:

The consensus is that many texters, especially young people, see end-of-message periods as tonally significant because they are unnecessary. It is clear that a message has ended regardless of punctuation, because each message is in its own bubble. Thus, the message break has become the default full-stop.

To younger generations, using proper punctuation in a casual context like texting can give an impression of formality that borders on rudeness, as if the texter is not comfortable enough with the texting partner to relax. The message-ending period establishes a certain distance. The punctuation is polite when speaking to someone older than you or above you at work, but off-putting among friends.

Simply put, the inclusion of a formality in casual communication is unnerving.