Re: commas in a series

[Robert Sweitzer <alsun6!rob -at- ALUXS -dot- ATT -dot- COM>]

> > On Wed, 18 May 1994 09:38:47 EDT, SuePStewrt opined:
> >
>     [snip]
> >
> > Bullet the danged list!
> >
> > Attach the wires in the following order:
> >
> > *red,
> > *green,
> > *blue and white, and
> > *purple.
> >
> > suepstewrt -at- aol -dot- com
> >

Guy Haas replied:

> Ah, but SueP -- that raises another editorial issue:

>    Should we even _include_ the punctuation and
>    conjunction in a bulleted list? Or do it thus:

> ] Attach the wires in the following order:
> ]
> ] * red
> ] * green
> ] * blue and white
> ] * purple
> ]

If the sequence is important, should it then be numbered:

Attach the wires in the following order:

1. red
2. green
3. blue and white
4. purple

Rob Sweitzer
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