- Aug 27, 2020
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c3p0 sch00led me that if I am going to make 6 page posts I should not make his eyes bleed with a wall of words lol!!!Aaha Topper69, I see that we have a follower of fashion, extoling the virtues of simplified Plain English from the 1960's .... Before Plain English arrived paragraphs could often be more than 100 lines long, and sentences could easily take up half a page in length - which is excessive I agree. Hate to say it but when storing writing electronically ALL of the paragraphs and sometimes the spacing can be removed for compactness.
Whilst I am definitely in favour of clear concise writing, I do consider it a retrograde step to reduce communication to mere one line 'bullet points' or 64 character messages or the like, which to me has adversely affected language. Each to their own I guess. Just for you I will add in a couple of line breaks.
Edit: should add the laws and some legal documents may NOT have any punctuation at all because of the potential for multiple interpretations of the text ...
Hoping all of you are well.
Peace