Re: Punctuation question

[Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:42 PM debora ames <deboraames -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I would write it as: The information is displayed across five tabs which, from left to
> right, are the following: Overview, Category, Locus, Sequence, and Details.
>
> ...because if you remove ", from left to right,", the sentence will still make sense.

Personally, I would err on the side of brevity. People read English
from left to right, so I think the order is unnecessary info.

"The information is displayed across five tabs: Overview, Category,
Locus, Sequence, and Details."

Bob
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