Editorial Methods

Letters in Newspapers:

All spelling, punctuation, dashes, capitalization, italics, and bold print are as published in the newspaper. I have added three spaces if there is a missing period at the end of a sentence.

Instead of indents for new paragraphs, I have placed an empty line between paragraphs.

I have placed all article headings, letter dates, and writer names flush left, but retained separate lines as published.

 

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