文本从网页上另存时版式通常会变乱，出现很多短行。

When text is saved from a Web page, it is often very badly formatted with many short lines.

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短行造句帮助我创造了一种断奏的效果。

The short lines helped me create a sort of staccato effect.

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首尾长中间短型：各行中同时存在奇数及偶数星星排列，首行及尾行中的星星数量要多于其他行。这种模式正在为目前的50星条旗所使用。

Long: Alternating rows of even and odd Numbers of stars, beginning and ending with the longer row. This is the pattern of our current 50-star flag.

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You can write it out, you can speak it, you can talk as long as you want, as short as you want.

可以写出来或说出来，多长都行，多短也行。

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