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  2. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Layout

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    Very short sections and subsections clutter an article with headings and inhibit the flow of the prose. Short paragraphs and single sentences generally do not warrant their own subheadings. Headings follow a six-level hierarchy, starting at 1 and ending at 6. The level of the heading is defined by the number of equals signs on each side of the ...

  3. Full stop - Wikipedia

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    A sentence is written without spaces and a space is typically used to mark the end of a clause or sentence. Tibetic The Tibetan script uses two different full stops: tshig-grub ( U+0F0D ། TIBETAN MARK SHAD ) marks the end of a section of text, while the don-tshan ( U+0F0E ༎ TIBETAN MARK NYIS SHAD ) is used to mark the end of a whole topic.

  4. Widows and orphans - Wikipedia

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    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] When split across pages, they occur at either the head or foot of a page (or column), unaccompanied by additional lines from the same paragraph ...

  5. Ir (cuneiform) - Wikipedia

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    Cuneiform ir, or er sign Cuneiform sa sign The cuneiform ir (more common usage), or er sign is a sign used in the Epic of Gilgamesh , and the Amarna letters . It is in a small group that have smaller, 3-verticals, as well as 2- and 1-vertical strokes, sitting on a lower horizontal cuneiform stroke.

  6. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    Other U.S. style guides that do not address sentence spacing include, Scientific Style And Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, And Publishers, [62] the AMA Manual of Style, [63] the Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage (2002), [64] the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, [65] REA's Handbook of English ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    If the quotation is a single word or a sentence fragment, place the terminal punctuation outside the closing quotation mark. When quoting a full sentence, the end of which coincides with the end of the sentence containing it, place terminal punctuation inside the closing quotation mark. Miller wanted, he said, "to create something timeless".

  8. Standard manuscript format - Wikipedia

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    Standard manuscript format is a formatting style for manuscripts of short stories, novels, poems and other literary works submitted by authors to publishers.Even with the advent of desktop publishing, making it possible for anyone to prepare text that appears professionally typeset, many publishers still require authors to submit manuscripts within their respective guidelines.

  9. Ordinal indicator - Wikipedia

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    Most multiples of ten end in a vowel in their cardinal form and form their ordinal form by adding the suffix to their genitive singular form, which ends in -d; this is not reflected in writing. Exceptions are 20 ( fiche ) and 40 ( daichead ), both of which form their ordinals by adding the suffix directly to the cardinal ( fichiú and daicheadú ).