Verb (used with object) : Always double-space a term paper. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : I can never remember to double-space. From Dictionary.com.
Do I double-space before and after but still indent?. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Your query letter, part VII: for the lack of a poetic moniker, the other stuff] Reference
If the agent of your dreams has not specified, double-space. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2010 » February] Reference
The double-space thing helped differentiate sentences back in the day. From Wordnik.com. [Athena Experiments With Metaphor « Whatever] Reference
Also, if you double-space after a period, the gap between sentences is huge. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Site Migration is Done (I Hope)] Reference
Written assignments should be no more than 6 pages of double-space text plus any appendix material. From Wordnik.com. [Homework] Reference
Stick to a single font and size and whether you choose to double-space between sentences or not, at least be consistent!. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of the Mysterious ¶ or Things Your Creative Writing Instructor Never Told You] Reference
YES It is my understanding that you always double-space when submitting--with the exception of the query letter and synopsis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-17] Reference
The easiest way to show the Democratic response to all this criminality is to leave what we writers call a double-space break. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy & Harry: Comedic Duo Bring Down the House (and Senate)] Reference
The documents on Ryan's encounter in London occupied thirty double-space pages, mainly police-report summaries and a few news photos. From Wordnik.com. [The Sum of all Fears]
Type on one side of the paper only; leave margins all the way around; double-space the text, put two spaces after the end of a sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Dinosaur Twitches] Reference
I find that in editing documents, adhering to the double-space rule allows me to spot typos in punctuation and capitalization much faster than without. From Wordnik.com. [Athena Experiments With Metaphor « Whatever] Reference
Education at the primary and secondary levels has always been rules-based: raise your hand, get a hall pass, obey the dress code, show your work, double-space, check your chewing gum at the door. From Wordnik.com. [Dov Seidman: Breaking the Ruler] Reference
Yet I know that many poets see a double-space as a framing device for how the work looks on the page, with no significance intended for how the poem sounds when read aloud or when vocalized internally. From Wordnik.com. [Sheryda Warrener reads Karen Solie] Reference
Slightly more disturbing to me in the present day: seeing the paper made me remember how much my professors seemed to dread my work, and now I know why: no one told me to use double-space inch margins. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Representative Charles Vanik, RIP:] Reference
If you're not sure whether or not you want to read the novella but you think that maybe it's your sort of thing, go ahead and nab the first month and give it a read. 11,000+ words, about 45 pages double-space typed. From Wordnik.com. [April 12th, 2005] Reference
Hardest transition was trying to get her writing published, which only happened seven years ago … no mentors, no writing classes, nothing, just one ten-dollar book on getting published which told you to double-space your manuscript. From Wordnik.com. [FESTIVAL OF BOOKS: CREATING COMMUNITY and FIRST FICTION] Reference
Another way to double-space a file. awk 'BEGIN ; 1'. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Indent paragraphs deeply and double-space your release. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Use Times New Roman (size 12 font) or Arial (size 11 font), double-space in the email. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Mama: Literary Mama Home] Reference
All speeches must be 5 to 8 minutes in length, typewritten in double-space format on 8 1. From Wordnik.com. [tcpalm.com Stories] Reference
If you use typical essay format (double-space, no extra line between paragraphs, Times New Roman size 12) than the average page is about 300-350 words, so 10 pages is 3000-3500 words. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
This is a bit different from the point above, but it's worth noting that most editors work online these days, so you want to make sure that your font is easy to read on a screen, and you may want to double-space between paragraphs to give the eye a bit of rest. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Mama: Literary Mama Home] Reference
“Just double-space it, and he’ll agree to everything.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Fight] Reference
For the idly curious, that’s roughly 100 pages, double-space typed. From Wordnik.com. [leading and misleading with quotes] Reference
Evidently people who are cool don’t double-space after periods, as we learned to do in typing class. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them?] Reference
Evidently people who are cool don’t double-space after periods, as we learned to do in typing class; and they don’t use semicolons either. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them?] Reference
On the other hand, I must not be cool per Laura’s comment because I still double-space after sentence periods, use semi-colons, and have recently taken fondly to the m-dash. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them?] Reference
I’ve converted to single spaces except in situations where double-space is still the norm (I can only think of 2 or 3 journals that still require it, and yeah, they’re all pretty old school), but I tend to agree with John – double-space seems more natural. From Wordnik.com. [there should be only one « paper fruit] Reference
And I do still double-space after periods, I spell Gandalf’s color with an “e” in all contexts, there is no apostrophe in the second-person plural pronoun, hyphenation is to taste, and the last entry in a list gets a comma unless you’ve switched to semicolons because your list has nested lists. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them?] Reference
Also, do I need to double-space my paper?. From Wordnik.com. [I see a formatting nightmare in my future] Reference
And yes, I still double-space after a period. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Commas and Periods — Inside Closing Quotation Marks or Outside Them?] Reference
That's out of 509 now 508 pages of double-space. From Wordnik.com. [Okay, I'm working.] Reference
Please observe the double-space format. From Wordnik.com. [turo ni tito] Reference
Please type and double-space, using easy-to-read type no smaller than 10-point and 1-inch margins. From Wordnik.com. [2003 ALL-USA TEACHER TEAM NOMINATION FORM] Reference
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