Paragraph styles differences

Well, today I came to know about the different styles most used in writing paragraphs, both and English and Portuguese.

It always passes unnoticed, but Portuguese counts on a French style to structure its paragraphs, whereas English, most frequently, it is structured differently. What is the difference?

French and Portuguese:

        The girl was playing all night long because she could not get some sleep. Then, instead of tossing and turning in bed, she went to play video game.

        After getting tired of it, around 6am, she finally tried to get some sleep and succeeded it.

English:

The girl was playing all night long because she could not get some sleep. Then, instead of tossing and turning in bed, she went to play video game.

After getting tired of it, around 6am, she finally tried to get some sleep and succeeded it.



As you can see, the difference lies in the preceding amount of white spaces used in front of the paragraph.

I was told in today’s class that it is possible to write in English with the French style too, in order to denote it more serious… I’m unsure about the real meaning it assumes by changing the paragraph style, if I find a more suitable explanation I’ll let you know.

Later!