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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry, but I don't see how this Russia stuff is a thing. [View all]Demit
(11,238 posts)12. People aren't being "police." They're pointing out that it is visually too dense
and thus uncomfortable for the eye to follow.
Actually your post is the pedantic one, by insisting that a paragraph break can only be for a "new thought or idea." Typographers know that formatting is also about avoiding eyestrain. If the writer had broken up his long list by using paragraph breaks with an ellipsis at the end of each graf, that would have communicated the purpose of the list being one continuous idea.
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Your pretense to relevance is given all the consideration it in fact, warrants.
LanternWaste
Jul 2017
#42
Exactly. But I bet the case here was the writer just didn't know how to do a soft return in FB.
Demit
Jul 2017
#18
You (or the original author) could have achieved that piling up, ongoing, endless scandal
tblue37
Jul 2017
#32
Come ON.You can't take constructive advice? Policing?? It's about readability. It's about audience.
ancianita
Jul 2017
#36
I taught English, so excuuuuuse me. A writer MIGHT have paragraphs to indicate new sub-topics/
WinkyDink
Jul 2017
#52
Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin
teach1st
Jul 2017
#15
Heehee. All I wanted was a couple separate paragraphs, but your effort is AWESOME! Not that I cannot
WinkyDink
Jul 2017
#53