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indention

[in-den-shuhn] / ɪnˈdɛn ʃən /
NOUN
indentation
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But a wrong letter, a space in the wrong place, a wrong indention, a wrong punctuation mark, was an error that cost a ten "word" penalty against the total score.

From Time Magazine Archive

The left-hand margin should be three-quarters of an inch, with paragraph indention an inch more.

From The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. Ordway

Quotation marks, indention, smaller type, or any of the marks which distinguish quoted matter are sufficient.

From The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

When quotation marks occur at the beginning of a line of poetry, they should go back into the indention space.

From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

When a heading runs over one line, use hanging indention; that is, do not allow the second line to run back to the left-hand margin, but indent it.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever


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