ohio jones wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2026 11:27 pm
I first noticed it in posts shared on Facebook that were rather obviously AI-generated.
Now it's becoming more common, and starting to infest MN.
Even in posts by people who claim to be English teachers and should know better.
"Paragraphs" composed of a single sentence.
Not just an occasional one for emphasis.
All of them.
Repeatedly.
It's painful to read.
I am almost starting to prefer t1's formatting style with one sentence per line and two or three lines per block of text that somewhat resembles a paragraph but really isn't.
Almost.
I apologize that you didn’t appreciate my recent writing. I was annoyed and irritated so I broke up what could have been full paragraphs into single lines for rhetorical emphasis.
I will try not to do that again.
However, there are times when the former preacher in me takes over and breaking up a paragraph in my manuscript is a way to remind me to pause for emphasis. But I understand that a line break looks different than how it sounds.
And this English teacher would also remind you that poetry frequently uses line breaks and negative space in order to create visual emphasis. Even if you don’t appreciate it, “deparagraphization” is a legitimate poetic tool.
So maybe I was writing poetry?
I apologize if my irritation irritated you.
"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless."
-- Isaiah 10:1-2
I wonder when punctuation was invented cause Paul sure didn't have some of my teachers. I think they gave up on me too.