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2005-08-11

 

Soft line breaks

I’ve always considered soft line breaks in the middle of paragraphs to be a Bad Thing™. If you want to break a paragraph, do it properly and visually separate the two blocks of text. However, as far as I can tell, this is all just based on my own sense of aesthetics and readability. I’m not sure I’ve ever read anything on the subject and I’m having difficulty finding anything to back me up. Do you know of any grammar rules that cover it? Got a URL?

If you’re wondering why I’m bothered, it’s to do with the formatting of error messages in desktop software. So, no, it’s not particularly exciting. :)


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