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Re: End-of-sentence spacing


From: John A.
Subject: Re: End-of-sentence spacing
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 13:33:16 +0100
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Karthik Suresh (2020-12-20) dixit:
[...] Start each sentence on a new line.
Make lines short, and break lines at natural places, such as after
commas and semicolons, rather than randomly. Since most people change
documents by rewriting phrases and adding, deleting and rearranging
sentences, these precautions simplify any editing you have to do later.

     — Brian W. Kernighan, 1974

I just wanted to thank you for sharing this!

I've been an avid sentence-line-breaker before, but I've now started to apply Kernigan's method, and it is very liberating, and much easier to edit.

Best regards
John




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