- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 13:33:14 +0000 (UTC)
On Sat, 21 May 2005, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > Why doens't SECTION suffice? They are sections separated by decoration. > At least, that is how it appeals to me. They're not really sections. The chapter is the section, these are paragraphs together in the same chapter, with a divider between some of the paragraphs. I read a lot of fiction books and when I come across a "* * *" it reads to me like a paragraph, saying "Meanwhile, in a different part of the universe:"; it doesn't read as "end section. new section:". IMHO. To put it another way, sections are things that you can put a title to. There's no title you can put to a group of paragraphs separated from other groups of paragraphs in the same chapter of a work of fiction, in my experience. It's just the same chapter, with the narrative exploring different characters or scenes. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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