This is the problem: $text = join(' ',@LINES); That jams all your text together in one long line, so when it comes out it looks like a mess. How about this: 
open (FILE,"$FORM{'TextFile'}");
    @LINES = <FILE>;
    close (FILE);
    chomp(@LINES);

foreach $line (@LINES) {

     foreach $variable (@variables) {
        if ($FORM{$variable} eq "") {
            print "incomplete!\n";
            exit;
        }
    $line =~ s/<!--$variable-->/<STRONG>$FORM{$variable}<\/STRONG>/g;
    }
    $line =~ s/A\/an <STRONG>(a|e|i|o|u)/An <STRONG>$1/g;
    $line =~ s/a\/an <STRONG>(a|e|i|o|u)/an <STRONG>$1/g;
    $line =~ s/A\/an/A/g;
    $line =~ s/a\/an/a/g;

print "$line\n";


}

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