# Double-spaced posts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 10, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326 "2000-04-10T04:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326/1 "2000-04-10T04:45:00Z")

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Why, when I type a single carriage return, does the board insert two?  
This sentence should be directly below the one above it.  
Instead there will be a double-space.  
Why?

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326/2 "2000-04-10T04:50:00Z")

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I was thinking as I typed the OP, “I just **know** this is going to show up single-spaced.”  
And son of a b\*tch.  
It’s single-spaced.  
And MPSIMS, which is where I see it happening most frequently, apparently just went down so I can’t link to a thread which exhibits it. If you care to go to the “Funny Sequential Thread Titles” thread and look at my posts there, you’ll see what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-spaced-posts/1326/3 "2000-04-10T05:02:00Z")

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You mean like this?