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Definition of Paragraph

Paragraph Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections. A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin. A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph. To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character /. To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article. To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs Related Definitions: An, And, Any, Article, As, At, Attention, Beginning, Brief, But, By, Call, Change, Chapter, Character, Column, Commonly, Compass, Complete, Composition, Comprised, Consisting, Discourse, Distance, Distinct, Divide, Division, Editorial, Express, Few, First, Footnote, Forming, From, In, Indicate, Into, Is, Item, Line, Many, Margin, Marginal, Mark, Mention, More, New, News, Note, Noted, Now, Of, On, One, Or, Originally, Paragraph, Part, Particular, Place, Point, Quotation, Reference, Remark, Section, Sentence, Set, Something, Sometimes, Subdivision, Subject, Text, Than, The, To, Typographical, Used, Usual, Whether, Which, With, Writing

Paragraph Quotations When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right first time, every sentence has to be perfect, every paragraph has to be perfect, every chapter has to be perfect, but what you're doing is not any kind of public show, until you're ready for it. Irvine Welsh Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. William Strunk, Jr. And I think a good writer's gonna make it interesting. From the first paragraph it will all be interesting. Just work at it and work at it and work at it. Kurt Loder I'll write maybe one long paragraph describing the events, then a page or two breaking the events into chapters, and then reams of pages delving into my characters. After that, I'm ready to begin. Anne Tyler I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath. Lynn Abbey

Paragraph Translations paragraph in Dutch is artikel, paragraaf paragraph in German is Absatz {m}, Abschnitt {m} paragraph in Spanish is seccion, parrafo paragraph in Swedish is paragraf, notis

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