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Re: Punctuation lists- an exhaustive scenarios list
Subject:Re: Punctuation lists- an exhaustive scenarios list From:Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> To:"Janoff, Steve" <Steve -dot- Janoff2 -at- Teradata -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:24 -0400
Janoff, Steve wrote:
> Yes, but the original poster is asking what to do in cases where
> bulleted lists are necessary. Presumably you're not going to get rid of
> all bulleted lists.
Right; I admit I'm way off target for the original question, but I do
feel that having to put much effort into thinking about bulleted lists
just might be a warning that the lists are being used wrongly.
Personally, I prefer to keep my lists to three, or no more than five
items, and to construct them so that no punctuation whatever is required.
On the other hand, I encounter them so frequently in material for which
I'm doing only a slight rewrite that I cannot say I follow any rule for
them consistently. I try to ensure that items are parallel within a
list. (Gazes at ceiling.)
Certainly someone has done a study on using versus avoiding bulleted
lists, possibly right here on techwr-l. References, anyone?
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