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>> > I mentioned to this writer that although widows consisting of one word
>> > are generally forbidden, if a word has four syllables or more
>> > (installation, application, etc.), it can "legally" stay on a line by
>> > itself.
When I worked in a sweatshop churning out documents for DND (Canadian
Dep't of National Defence), the editors contracted by DND would not
allow paragraphs to end with one word (or partial word) on a single line.
No one ever showed me a rulebook specifying this.
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James Owens ad354 -at- Freenet -dot- carleton -dot- ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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