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Hi Matt!

I see you've already had an official welcome from an ACE and I'm not here to teach to suck eggs, but I thought I'd pop by and find out a bit more about you.

I see you've already made a good start by putting a nreally interesting entry into PR.

I also see you appear to be a devotee of justified right margins, however modern plain English is against it, as it makes your writing difficult to read as it mucks about with the spacing. Similarly (I'm not accusing you of doing this, I'm sure you already know) using UPPER CASE or underlining is not as good as using bold type. We recognise words by their shape and upper case type gives the shame regular shape. Underlining also interferes with the word shape.

Now you might or might not decide to change your mind about the right margin. Now you know a bit more about why they make things difficult for readers.

I hope you enjoy h2g2. Although I can see you will have no trouble with the technical side of things, if you have any questions, pop by to my space for smiley - tea or smiley - ale.

smiley - fishsmiley - musicalnote


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