Atdtda[4]: Between 2 sections
Tim Strzechowski
dedalus204 at comcast.net
Thu Mar 8 05:18:12 CST 2007
I think it's a publisher's technique for indicating a "new" section of a
chapter when the previous section ends at the bottom of a page, lest the
reader think the next page is a continuation of the section s/he's just
read.
Notice that the first few words of a new section are also in caps.
At least P didn't get stuck using astericks, which he allegedly hates as
chapter dividers.
> Didn't notice before, but sometimes 2 sections are split not only with a
> double enter but also with 3 dots. We see it on p. 14, 42, 51, and now
> again on109.
>
> Seems to be occurring in Chums of Chance sections -- maybe its author?
>
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