Re: commas in a series

[Dan Dieterich <ddieteri -at- UWSPMAIL -dot- UWSP -dot- EDU>]

Guy writes--

>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 ]

To which Dan responds--

Or, should it even be a bulleted list? Mayhap you'd emphasize the sequence
better with a numbered list, thusly:

Attach the wires in this order:

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

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