text formatting conventions
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Text Formatting Conventions
Or, how we make text easier to read.
Word Spacing and Vowels
Ancient Hebrew
manuscript
Word Spacing and Vowels
Ancient Hebrew
manuscript
Word Spacing and Vowels
In English, that would look like this:
“sntr dgls hlds w knw tht mn my rghtflly b wsr tdy thn h ws ystrdy tht h my rghtflly chng whn h fnds hmslf wrng bt cn w fr tht rsn rn hd nd nfr tht h wll mk ny
prtclr chng f whch h hmslf hs gvn n ntmtn cn w sfly bs r ctn pn ny sch vg nfrnc nw s vr wsh nt t msrprsnt jdg
dglss postn qustn hs mtvs r d ght tht cn b prsnlly ffnsv t hm”
Word Spacing and Vowels
Or, with the vowels, like this:
“senatordouglasholdsweknowthatamanmayrightfullybewisertodaythanhewasyesterdaythathemayrightfullychangewhenhefindshimselfwrongbutcanweforthatreasonrunaheadandinferthathewillmakeanyparticularchangeofwhichhehimselfhasgivennointimationcanwesafelybaseouractionuponanysuchvagueinferencenowaseveriwishnottomisrepresentjudgedouglasspositionquestionhismotivesordoaughtthatcanbepersonallyoff
ensivetohim”
Punctuation
So, here's the point:
Punctuation, just like word separation, is something we include to make our text
easier and more interesting to read.
Punctuation
And, just like spelling, how you punctuate a sentence can change not only how it
sounds, but what it means.
Punctuation
Senator Douglas holds we know that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday that he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong but can we for that reason run ahead and infer that he will make any particular change of which he himself has
given no intimation can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference now as ever I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position question his
motives or do aught that can be personally offensive to him
Punctuation
Senator Douglas holds: “We know that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday, that he
may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong; but can we for that reason run ahead and infer that he will make any particular change of which he himself
has given no intimation? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference now, as ever?” I wish
not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position, question his motives, or do aught that can be personally
offensive to him.
Punctuation
Senator Douglas holds, we know, that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday - that
he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong. But can we, for that reason, run ahead, and infer that he will make any particular change, of which he, himself, has given no intimation? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference? Now, as ever, I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position, question
his motives, or do aught that can be personally offensive to him.
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