Growing up with smartphones, the author appreciates how Internet lingo adds to our vocabulary, despite the decline of traditional conventions like proper letter formatting and double spacing after a full stop. The change in double spacing rules, attributed to typewriters and now computers, has created a generational gap, with younger generations preferring single spaces. Despite differing preferences, major style guides recommend a single space after punctuation marks to end a sentence.
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