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If we look around, we’ll find that the idea of paragraphs with a minimum of 3-5 sentences and a maximum of 8 is pretty common. But there are some who say that two to three paragraphs per page are best and others who say that 5 to 7 lines will do the job. Meanwhile, journalism students are taught to keep sentences as short as possible, and one sentence paragraphs are considered perfectly acceptable.
There are those who say that using more than one paragraph to discuss an idea is perfectly alright, and since there are no hard and fast rules for paragraphs, I can’t really contradict them. I even found one recommendation that suggested a minimum of 7-10 sentences per paragraph and a maximum of a full page!
How long should your paragraphs be?
Unless you’re busy with academic writing, the length of your paragraphs is up to you. I like shorter paragraphs for informal writing such as this blog post. I like the idea of sticking to one idea per paragraph, and I think that paragraphs make reading and understanding a text a whole lot simpler. Single-sentence paragraphs are great for emphasis.
I was always taught that there should be five sentences in the paragraph. I understand that there can be more or less, but if you’re shooting for a good paragraph and you’re worried about the number of sentences, five is a good number to shoot for. That gives you the opportunity to do an introduction sentence, three sentences that explain your point, and then a concluding sentence. If you have all of these in a paragraph, it should be a good quality paragraph.
I think the five sentences per paragraph rule is one that teachers use when trying to get students to understand what a paragraph is. It may be a good rule for students who are first learning how to write, but it’s pretty limiting if you try to use it with everything you write. If you’re trying to make your paragraphs 5 sentences long when you’re an adult, you’re limiting your writing creativity.
I was taught 5 sentences when I was in school, but I always found it limiting and often argued with my teacher about it. I think teachers teach it for their own ease instead of helping students expand on creating creative paragraphs. It’s teaching toward the slowest students rather than individual teaching to where each student happens to be in their writing knowledge.
Unless your teacher says how many sentences you need to have I don’t think it matters how many you have
We all get frustrated with school at times, but as with most things in life, you get out of it what you put into it. Learning to get the most out of school even when you may not like it will help you a lot in other aspects of life. Complaining won’t change anything, so you need to find a way to
that is rude and you don’t know what you are talking about because if you want a job in the future than you need school!!!
Yeah, this was well written and it looks like my new post 21 paragraph from 1 paragraph. actually, the paragraph containing bear some
Sometimes it will be stipulated, but if not then it really depends on you to choose the number of sentences that your paragraph needs.
