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All of the long forms prior to Long Form Three have an isolation at the end of the form. This leads to the question as to why Long Form Three does not continue with this tradition?

 

The simple answer to this question is that Long Form Three demonstrates its isolation sequences at the beginning and middle of the form to distinguish and demonstrate that isolation sequences are not exclusively executed only at the ends of a long form. Through this change of precedent, the concept of reverses and opposites, and giving an example of this principle, is reinforced.

 

Furthermore, one can argue that since this is the first encyclopedic long form, it would be a logical advancement to break with previous precedent, by placing the isolation sequences at differing locations within the form. This new isolation placement helps to further contrast this form from the dictionary long forms, and more explicitly demonstrates Long Form Three as being significantly different from its predecessors.