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More Than One Sentence in a Section or Subsection

A section or subsection should normally consist of a single sentence. However, more than one sentence may be used when

(a) the additional sentence is subordinate to the first or otherwise deals with the same idea;
(b) making it into a separate subsection would put undue emphasis on it; and
(c) the section or subsection does not become too long.

This article is based on LSBDC 1996-1.