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Subject:Period at end of items in bulleted list From:"Hillary M. Russak" <hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 12 May 1998 14:20:57 -0700
What say ye, Technwhirlers? Should there be a period at the end of each
item in a bulleted list EVEN if that item is not a sentence? My thought is
that only sentences have periods. If I just have a bulleted list of items,
I don't use periods. My co-worker disagrees. I think she sees it as a
matter of consistency (but I *am* consistent... I only put periods at the
end of sentences).
-hil
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Hillary M. Russak
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Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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