On Sat, 15 May 1999, Matthew Lewis wrote:

At 12:14 AM 5/15/99 -0500, Ranma Al'Thor wrote:

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Matthew Lewis wrote:

    The sun was going down, the moon out, and the beautiful sunset at
Furinkan high school marred only by a group of students... and a few of
their friends (although I use the term loosely-- both students and
friends, now that I think of it).
    Ranma was busily running, not for some training, but because he did
not want Kodachi to catch him, who did her usual ribbon and leotard

What evil force has now destroyed the pragraph breaks?

I generally use paragraph breaks around dialogue. If a paragraph has
any dialogue in it, then there is a break in between. At odd times I'll
include another break, if shifting the centre of view or what-have-you,
but otherwise they get linked together. A habit I'm generally consistent
with. (but on the upside, they do get indented!) ^_^

Fair enough.

	By linking paragraphs together without a line break in between
them, I preserve a continuity, and by putting a break in between them
I denote some kind of difference, whether it be dialogue, or a minor
change of locale or time, or some other change. So yes it is intentional
and yes there is some form of reasoning, and perhaps? perhaps even some
kind of logic which can be followed (nah, that'd be too much to ask from
me ^_^ ). Ah well, there is a pattern to it, at any rate.

All it did was confuse me, but to each their own.
 

    "Well, I dunno, actually. I mean, there's me, my dad, Shampoo,
Mousse, Pantyhose, Rouge (as Ashura), y--" Ranma said, only to be cut
off by Ryouga.

Heh.

When you think about it, there's quite a few Jusenkyo victims floating
around, eh? 

Yep.

    Ukyo sighed. Mousse didn't need glasses anymore, and in fact had
the best sight out of all of them now. This did not go over too well

Why?  Is this due to their transition to this world?  Or some other event?

I should, I suppose put that in, that yes, it is in fact due to the 
transition to El Hazard which gives him this ability (the others will
figure out theirs as well, and yes, they will be different than the
ones given the Earthers in the El Hazard OVAs). 
	I think I didn't put it in because I figured it unecessary to
do so for my reader's sake. I have (a reasonable expectation, I like
to think) that my readers have at least some knowledge of the series
I use or am using-- why bother reading, otherwise? Hence I get away

Yes, but if they have that knowledge, they will be confused as to why he
is now seeing.  The way you've written it, it isn't clear whether his
vision improved before or after they arrived in El Hazard.  

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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