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Subject:Re: question: bulleted lists and periods From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- MARVIN -dot- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 30 Jul 1998 08:48:50 -0700
Sarah Wigser wrote:
>
> 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?
Our style calls for periods for all items if at least one item in the
list is a whole sentence and no periods if no items in the list are
whole sentences.
>
> Please respond directly to me - don't know how
> interesting of a topic this is!!!
>
My mail software only shows the Techwr-l return address so I couldn't
respond directly because your email address wasn't in the message
body.
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