The importance of Paragraphs

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Imoshen

461 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 10:23am

SoIjustreadthereviewsofOlayandwasdisappointedtoseesomereviewsthataren'tusingparagraphs.Allyouseeisawalloftextthathurtstheeyesandmakeyougo"what?"andmoveontothenextone.Usingparagraphsbreaksthatupandmakesthingsmorepleasanttoreadmuchlikefacetofaceconversationhasgesturesandbodylanguageforyourbraintoworkon,whitespaceisjustasimportant.Totheladiesthatdon'tuseparagraphs,pleasegobackoveryourreviewsandseehowharditistoreadagainstthosethatuseparagraphs.Itwouldbegreatifyoucouldeditthemsotheyareeasiertoread.

Thank you for reading this very tongue in cheek post and I hope it points something out :).

shazatron101

5112 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 10:53am

I couldn't actually read any of what you wrote because it's all one big long word?! or is it just me :P

Macs

5351 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 11:00am

I can read what you wrote, only because I have nieces and nephews that write on face book like that lol

Imoshen

461 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 2:50pm

Awwww Macs, you saw right through my evil plan to bring grammar to the internetz.

Those meddling kids! *scooby doo reference*.

shazatron101

5112 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 7:50pm

I can/could read it! it was going off the screen and that was my issue - its going back and forth but yes I agree, walls of text are very irritating :P

Chaotic82

522 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 9:33pm

I think part of the problem is that when you hit enter thinking you have made a break it doesn't work and connects it back up to the last sentence. I did that for awhile until I realised that you have to hit enter twice to get the break.

Stunning_simplicity

191 posts

Tue 18 Apr 2017 11:29pm

I can sometimes be found guilty of this but it's usually because I've had issues loading my comment and since I can't save it then I end up rewritting it 2 or 3 times and by the 3rd time it's like get on the page already. I'm Thinking it's my phone that may have been the issue haven't had it from the tablet .... yet.

tannygirl

3392 posts

Wed 19 Apr 2017 1:53pm

I'm sometimes guilty of not using paragraphs. But the lack of spacing between words is what makes it really annoying to try and read.

Mumof3Munchkins

2718 posts

Wed 19 Apr 2017 7:00pm

Ba ha ha after 10 hours at work, that was a total blur and I gave up trying to read it lol. Good way to capture our interest though and yes it does drive you bonkers. I try to paragraph my reviews but I'm sure I've made a few mistakes in the past myself oops lol.

kirstyj

1732 posts

Wed 19 Apr 2017 10:42pm

Lol love this post! At least using numbers in the middle of words like "gr8" seems to have gone out of fashion.

MareeB

5241 posts

Wed 19 Apr 2017 10:46pm

Oh yes Kirsty, I agree - those things drive me crazy! I prefer paragraphs too, anything too long and verbose (do you like that - 'verbose'? #wordoftheday) makes me scroll down or turn the page, my ADD can't take it :)