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silverbadger1967
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Mar 9, 2011 9:36 AM UTC
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Correct way (if any) in paragraphs

If I have a paragraph of type, ranged left (example below) set out with no widows/orphans etc but I have a word starting on its own, what is the correct way to solve this? Start a new paragraph or leave it on its own? Sometime when i do this I get a lot of space that looks wrong.

example:

...for example researcher, recorder. They

build the table...

Hope this makes sense.

thanks in advance

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
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    Mar 9, 2011 12:41 PM UTC

    silverbadger,

    At least I am unsure of what you mean. The only word by itself is example, but is that the word or just a heading showing what we should look at?

    Could you post another case that is more recognizable? Maybe something with a greater line length and previous/following paragraphs.

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    silverbadger1967Author
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    Mar 9, 2011 2:18 PM UTC

    Sorry, try this. you will see that the word 'The' is on it's own. What is the correct thing to do here - return the word to the next line or leave it where it is?

    Sample paragraph text below.

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    Anonymous
    Mar 9, 2011 3:36 PM UTC

    If you mean that only the first (or last) word of a sentence appears

    on a given line, that's perfectly normal and acceptable. So is a piece

    of a hyphenated word. In this morning's New York Times, in just the

    lead article in the right-hand column, there are many such instances.

    - Herb

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