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Q&A Why one sentence per paragraph in these news articles?

Single sentence paragraphing is perfectly acceptable, it is a stylistic choice. It's common in online journalism and tabloids. It's intended use is to make reading easier. Online newspaper articles...

posted 10y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:47:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:47:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Single sentence paragraphing is perfectly acceptable, it is a stylistic choice. It's common in online journalism and tabloids. It's intended use is to make reading easier. Online newspaper articles and blogs are frequently viewed on mobile phones which make webpages look very narrow when compared to a typical computer monitor. If written this way then at least one sentence is able to be read before needing to scroll down. It's also used to keep readers interested by using single sentences rather than lengthy paragraphs. See [this](http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2011/07/paragraph.html) blog article for more info.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-09-24T23:44:21Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 4