Text Formatting Conventions

1. Text Formatting Conventions Or, how we make text easier to read.

2. Word Spacing and Vowels • Ancient Hebrew • manuscript

3. Word Spacing and Vowels • Ancient Hebrew • manuscript

4. Word Spacing and Vowels In English, that would look like this: “sntr dgls hlds w knw tht mn my rghtflly b wsr tdy thn h ws ystrdy tht h my rghtflly chng whn h fnds hmslf wrng bt cn w fr tht rsn rn hd nd nfr tht h wll mk ny prtclr chng f whch h hmslf hs gvn n ntmtn cn w sfly bs r ctn pn ny sch vg nfrnc nw s vr wsh nt t msrprsnt jdg dglss postn qustn hs mtvs r d ght tht cn b prsnlly ffnsv t hm”

5. Word Spacing and Vowels Or, with the vowels, like this: “senatordouglasholdsweknowthatamanmayrightfullybewisertodaythanhewasyesterdaythathemayrightfullychangewhenhefindshimselfwrongbutcanweforthatreasonrunaheadandinferthathewillmakeanyparticularchangeofwhichhehimselfhasgivennointimationcanwesafelybaseouractionuponanysuchvagueinferencenowaseveriwishnottomisrepresentjudgedouglasspositionquestionhismotivesordoaughtthatcanbepersonallyoffensivetohim”

6. Punctuation So, here's the point: Punctuation, just like word separation, is something we include to make our text easier and more interesting to read.

7. Punctuation And, just like spelling, how you punctuate a sentence can change not only how it sounds, but what it means.

8. Punctuation Senator Douglas holds we know that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday that he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong but can we for that reason run ahead and infer that he will make any particular change of which he himself has given no intimation can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference now as ever I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position question his motives or do aught that can be personally offensive to him

9. Punctuation Senator Douglas holds: “We know that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday, that he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong; but can we for that reason run ahead and infer that he will make any particular change of which he himself has given no intimation? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference now, as ever?” I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position, question his motives, or do aught that can be personally offensive to him.

10. Punctuation Senator Douglas holds, we know, that a man may rightfully be wiser today than he was yesterday - that he may rightfully change when he finds himself wrong. But can we, for that reason, run ahead, and infer that he will make any particular change, of which he, himself, has given no intimation? Can we safely base our action upon any such vague inference? Now, as ever, I wish not to misrepresent Judge Douglas's position, question his motives, or do aught that can be personally offensive to him.