indenting

[Jan Kammert]

I ask my students to double space so I can write comments between the
lines.  I think four spaces between paragraphs looks strange (and wastes
paper), so I ask for indenting.
Jan


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

> I don't mind nonindented papers as long as there's doublespacing between
> paragraphs; otherwise they drive me crazy (and I get this a lot from
> students).  I encourage indenting mainly because of this problem.
>
> At 11:52 AM 1/27/2005, you wrote:
> >I haven't indented a paragraph in years.
> >
> >For letters, the indented style (indented paragraphs, date, address and
> >signature on the right) has been out of fashion for a long time.  Just now
> >I tried without success to find a statement about the two styles as applied
> >to books in The Chicago Manual of Style, but I notice that they use the
> >indented style (first paragraph flush, subsequent paragraphs indented, no
> >space between paragraphs) in their preface.  Admittedly, I'm still using
> >the 14th edition.
> >
> >Peter Mc.
> >
> >--On Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:58 PM -0600 Janis Vizier Nihart
> ><tarheel at MOBILETEL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >>      I teach second grade.  I have been doing a program called Step Up to
> >>Writing with my students for 2 years.  They had better indent or they
> >>rewrite the whole thing.  By the way, the program is great.  They learn
> >>to write an introductory sentence and a conclusion, with detail
> >>sentences, supporting sentences, and transition words..
> >
> >
> >
> >*****************************************************************
> >Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
> >******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu ************************
>