Put conditional code on the same line as the condition or in brackets.

An if-condition in C# is usually formatted in one of 3 ways:

// #1
if(goat.HasEatenEnough) feeder.Stop();

// #2
if(goat.HasEatenEnough)
    feeder.Stop();

// #3
if(goat.HasEatenEnough)
{
    feeder.Stop();
}

Of these, #2 should not be used as it can be confusing. It might seem like a small thing, but even industry giant Apple needed to patch a security issue for code that looked something like this:

if(goat.IsHungry)
    feeder.Start();
    feeder.Start();
if(bird.IsHungry)
    feeder.Start();

if(goat.IsHungry) only covers the next line, so the second feeder.Start(); is always executed. This is way less probable to happen with #3, as the brackets are a clear visual signal for the beginning and the end of the conditional code. It is also way less probable for #1, as the one line is one cohesive unit.

A bonus is that the visual structure is very close to natural spoken English:

if (goat   .HasEatenEnough)             feeder.Stop();
If the goat has eaten enough,  make the feeder stop.

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