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Subject:Re: Period at end of items in bulleted list From:Gina Hertel <Ghertel -at- ALPHA88 -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 May 1998 17:26:37 -0400
That brings up another point.
The question is not only:
Are there periods at the end of a list of bulleted items?
but...
Are these items capitalized?
Are there commas involved if these items are *part of* a sentence? For
example...
There are many things to consider including:
* size,
* value,
* and duration.
I'd be interested in responses to all 3 of these questions about the
problems associated with bulleted items.
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> From: Hillary M. Russak [SMTP:hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU]
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> Subject: Period at end of items in bulleted list
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> 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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