Atdtda[4]: Between 2 sections

Michel mryc2903 at yahoo.fr
Thu Mar 8 05:29:33 CST 2007


Ok thanks, Tim -- should've thought about that myself (again).

Michel.

Tim Strzechowski schreef:
> 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.
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>> 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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