Re: Period at end of items in bulleted list

[Barbara Roll <broll -at- MICROSOFT -dot- COM>]

According to the Microsoft Manual of Style:
End each entry with a period if all entries are complete sentences, are a
mixture of fragments and sentences, or complete the introductory sentence.
An exception is when all entries are short imperative sentences (three words
or fewer) or single words; these entries do not need a period. If all
entries are fragments that do not complete the introduction, do not end them
with periods.

Barb Roll
broll -at- microsoft -dot- com

-----Original Message-----
From: Hillary M. Russak [mailto:hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 2:21 PM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Period at end of items in bulleted list


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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