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English students are sometimes taught that a paragraph should have a topic sentence or "main idea", preferably first, and multiple "supporting" or "detail" sentences that explain or supply evidence. One technique of this type, intended for essay writing, is known as the Schaffer paragraph .
While wide sentence spacing was phased out in the printing industry in the mid-20th century, the practice continued on typewriters [5] and later on computers. [6] Perhaps because of this, many modern sources now incorrectly [7] claim that wide spacing was created for the typewriter. [8]
The author adds the caveat that in certain instances a writer may want to use two spaces between sentences. The examples given are: when one space "may not provide a clear visual break between sentences", if an abbreviation is used at the end of a sentence, or when some very small proportional fonts (such as 10-point Times New Roman) are used.
The last line of a paragraph continuing on to a new page (highlighted yellow) is a widow (sometimes called an orphan). In typesetting, widows and orphans are single lines of text from a paragraph that dangle at either the beginning or end of a block of text, or form a very short final line at the end of a paragraph. [1]
Maybe the real lazy writing is using too many words or too many sentences in a paragraph instead of taking the time to remove unneeded phrases and keeping thoughts short to allow the reader to better comprehend concepts and facts. Davodd 11:54, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC) I'm all for condensing removing unneeded phrases etc.
Most Featured Articles contain about 12 to 25 links in the lead, with an average of about 1.5 links per sentence or one link for every 16 words. Links appearing ahead of the bolded term distract from the topic if not necessary to establish context, and should be omitted even if they might be appropriate elsewhere in the text.
Single sentence spacing was introduced by professional printers in the United Kingdom as well. The 1947 version of Penguin Composition Rules stated that all Penguin publications would adhere to the following rules: “All major punctuation marks – full point, colon, and semicolon – should be followed by the same spacing as is used ...
What if the first and third sentences were written by editor A, with a reference, but the second, unreferenced sentence was inserted by editor B later? Let's however assume that all three sentences, with the one, end-of-para reference, were written by a single editor. Let's see what can happen later, in Case Study 1: The sun is pretty big.