Re: question: bulleted lists and periods

["Porrello, Leonard" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- TANDEM -dot- COM>]

I think that this is a pertinent issue for everyone on the list since, last
I checked, no clear standard had been established. Please forgive me and
correct me if I am mistaken!

Here, we use periods, even with fragments, even though they can be
considered redundant.

The argument has three prongs:

First, the period lets the reader know that no information has been chopped
off inadvertently.

Second, pedantically minded readers who don't understand that the period is
redundant in a bulleted list won't find fault with the document.

Third, those who know that the period can be considered redundant don't seem
to mind if a period appears. This last prong is like the argument of whether
to right justify with anything but the best typesetting equipment: No one
minds if there is a jagged right text margin, but some people really dislike
big rivers of white space in the text they are trying to read.

Leonard


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wigser, Sarah
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 10:03 AM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      question: bulleted lists and periods
>
> Quick question:
> =A0
> What is the standard for using periods at the end of bulleted items? I =
> am
> having a mild argument with a sales rep and need to know what others =
> use?
> =A0
> Please respond directly to me - don't know how interesting of a topic =
> this
> is!!!
> =A0
> TIA
> =A0
>
> Sarah Wigser=20
>