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This is the practice of slapping parentheses around some text and then dropping it into the middle of an existing paragraph. |
This is the practice of slapping parentheses around some text and then dropping it into the middle of an existing paragraph. |
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People usually form paragraphs to deal with a particular rhetorical need. If the new material doesn't meet the rhetorical need, it probably ''doesn't go there.'' The parentheses don't change that. |
People usually form paragraphs to deal with a particular rhetorical need. If the new material doesn't meet the rhetorical need, it probably ''doesn't go there.'' The parentheses don't change that. |
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Parabombers are generally not tarred and feathered and run off the internet on a rail, demonstrating the sweet and forgiving nature of [[wiki]] |
Parabombers are generally not tarred and feathered and run off the internet on a rail, demonstrating the sweet and forgiving nature of [[wiki]]ans in general. |
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The cool thing about parabombing is that the parentheses make deletion particularly easy. The text to delete is already demarcated by parentheses. |
The cool thing about parabombing is that the parentheses make deletion particularly easy. The text to delete is already demarcated by parentheses. |
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