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Thought for the Day Paragraphing is.....

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Paragraphing is also a matter of the eye. A reader will address himself more readily to his task if he sees from the start that he will have breathing-spaces from time to time than if what is before him looks like a marathon course.

H. W. Fowler

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Paragraphing is also a matter of the eye. A reader will address himself more readily to his task if he sees from the start that he will have breathing-spaces from time to time than if what is before him looks like a marathon course.

H. W. Fowler

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That's something often noted in the Genius room during pop-up submissions. Nice to see a great writer agrees with us. :)
 

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