Re: Sentence construction

Subject: Re: Sentence construction
From: Peter Sturgeon <prsturgeon -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:54:53 -0800 (PST)

Depends on what the main point of the sentence is supposed to be:

The points --use sentence 1

or

The discussion-- use sentence 2


Hemang Antani wrote:

> Which of the following sentence construction would be
> suitable for American
> readers:
>
> (1) Listed below are the points discussed during the meeting.
>
> (2) During the meeting we discussed points listed below.

"During the meeting, we discussed:" -- followed by the bullet list.
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