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open punctuation

Convention of page layout, resulting from the increased use of word processing and e-mail, where the absolute minimum of punctuation is used.

In this style, addresses and contractions, such as ‘Mr’, are stripped of punctuation. The number of commas is reduced in the body of the text and paragraph indents are replaced by double ‘carriage returns’ (or line spaces).

Electronic forms of communication can produce unpredictable results with some more elaborate punctuation marks.



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