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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic refers to the debate occurring in the United States about the correct {{w|Sentence spacing|number of space characters after a period at the end of a sentence}}.
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This comic refers to the debate occurring in the United States about the correct {{w|Sentence spacing|number of space characters after the end of a sentence}}.
  
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While typewriter typists in the United States were traditionally taught to use two spaces between sentences, this is becoming less common and many sources now recommend having only one space, although this topic is still {{w|Sentence spacing#Controversy|controversial}}.
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While text written on typewriters in the United States traditionally had two spaces between sentences, this is becoming less common and many sources now recommend having only one space, although this topic is still {{w|Sentence spacing#Controversy|controversial}}.
  
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[[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the mysterious "third way".  
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[[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the eponymous "third way", and sometimes called "[http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ semantic linefeeds]".
  
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This obviates the problem, as a period will always appear at the end of a line and the spacing after it becomes moot.  
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This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as HTML, TeX, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts.
  
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A line break after every sentence is sometimes called "[http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ semantic linefeeds]".
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In most markup languages, a single linefeed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
  
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This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as {{w|HTML}}, {{w|TeX}}, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts.
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This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.
  
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In most markup languages, a single line feed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break.
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The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used.
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This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.
 
  
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(Incidentally, HTML and languages derived from it such as {{w|BBCode}} and {{w|Wiki markup}} will generally render multiple consecutive whitespace characters as a single space, so pretty much every page on the Internet uses single spacing whether the author wants to or not.)
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In particular, when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie.
  
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The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used; when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie.
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However, realistically, it is implausible that one can hear whitespace{{Citation needed}}.
  
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However, realistically, it is implausible that one can hear whitespace.{{Citation needed}}
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Sentence spacing was previously mentioned in the titletext of [[1070: Words for Small Sets]].
  
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Randall's mocking characterization in the title text of overzealous advocates using the phrase "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" has appeared in previous comics: [[496: Secretary: Part 3]] and [[1013: Wake Up Sheeple]].
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Note that this is not the first time Randall has [[:Category:Compromise|proposed a controversial third way]].
  
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Note that this is not the first time Randall has [[:Category:Compromise|proposed a controversial third way]], and this debate is later referenced in [[1989: IMHO]].
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Randall's mocking characterization in the title text of overzealous advocates using the phrase "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" has appeared in previous comics [[496: Secretary: Part 3]] and [[1013: Wake Up Sheeple]].
  
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Sentence spacing was previously mentioned in the title text of [[1070: Words for Small Sets]].
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This debate is later referenced in [[1989]].
  
 
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