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Subject:Colons, lists, and periods From:John Eldard <JOHN -at- CONNECT4 -dot- SLC -dot- PARAMAX -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 27 Jan 1994 08:45:56 -0700
** High Priority **
I would like to hear others style rules for the use of colons for bulleted
lists. When do I use a period at the end of the bulleted list? When do I
use periods for each bulleted entry? When don't I use periods at all? I
have read a few style guides about this, but they do not address the use
of the period. How do you do it?
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John P. Eldard
Product Information Specialist
Unisys Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
