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Why words can suddenly look unrecognizable. Learn to love the full stop. Marley.
Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
How to Love the Full Stop
A good sentence will often frustrate readers just a little and put them faintly on edge without ever suggesting that it's lost control of what's being said. The full stop offers the reader relief, allowing her to close the circle of meaning and take a mental breath. If you keep pressing enter after every full stop, the music of your writing is easier to hear because now it can also be seen. We write alone as an act of faith in words as a way of speaking to others who are elsewhere. A written sentence must give words a finished form that awaits no clarification. This next segment about the period is by Joe Moran.
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