Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 02/17/06 15:47

"David Graham" <david.graham18@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> So text consisting of just 3 or 4 words should not be marked as a
> paragraph? Basically, what constitutes a paragraph - my CSE English
> grade 2 is letting me down a bit!

Short paragraphs are rare. You can find definitions of the word
"paragraph" in dictionaries, but the general idea is that normally a
paragraph consists of several sentences. A paragraph could present a
course of events or explain a complex idea or reasoning.

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