Writing one sentence per line

Re:Writing one sentence per line by kuhzaam on Monday June 20, 2022 @02:59PM (#31814201)

In his defense, he is saying to write "one sentence per line" only _while_ you are writing/editing. He says this is "for your eyes only", and that you'll recombine into paragraphs afterwards.

I think the idea is that, if your sentence can stand up to the added scrutiny you'll give it while seeing it sitting all alone, then it is worth keeping. Otherwise it is a wasteful sentence.

Anyway, I do agree that the actual "one sentence per line" prose that is so pervasive on places like LinkedIn is awful.

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Re:Writing one sentence per line by Semiapies on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:11PM (#31814365)

At this point, I think it's wasted breath to try to respond to the people who skim over articles without comprehension (or who don't appear to read the articles at all) and who instead just respond to the title.

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Re:Writing one sentence per line by preseinger on Monday June 20, 2022 @03:30PM (#31814632)

I understand the difference between one line per sentence at the source level, and at the presentation layer. As far as I can tell, articles on sivers.org demonstrate both.

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