...I wasn't even aware people did 2 spaces after a period.
Some old-school journals were still demanding two-spaces-after-period as part of their formatting for printed submissions... It is supposed to make text easier to read/understand; I have been told.When I was a kid, when it was typewriters instead of word processors, the rule was 2 spaces at the end of a sentence.
I still do two spaces after each period. It was drilled into me in school, so it doesn't feel right otherwise.
...I wasn't even aware people did 2 spaces after a period.
Period!? It's a full-stop.
...I wasn't even aware people did 2 spaces after a period.
Although, I'm not quite sure I get the objection that periods being slang for menstruation means that is only appropriate for that use. How do you describe how long it takes to repeat for trig functions? Or units of time in history? Picasso's Blue Full-Stop?