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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Is indentation justifiable?

Paragraphs are indented to demarcate them from one another, but if there's a line between each one, then indentation superfluous.

Aside from convention, is there any justifiable reason to indent paragraphs? Is it a matter of style?
  

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Anonymous Paragraphs are indented to demarcate them from one another, but if there's a line between each one, then indentation superfluous. Not superfluous but stylistically wrong. Style books give them as alternatives .

  • Anonymous Paragraphs are indented to demarcate them from one another, but if there's a line between each one, then indentation superfluous.
  • Not superfluous but stylistically wrong.
  • Style books give them as alternatives .
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AnonymousParagraphs are indented to demarcate them from one another, but if there's a line between each one, then indentation superfluous.
Not superfluous but stylistically wrong. Style books give them as alternatives.

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