Re: Introducing bulleted lists

[Chuck Martin <cmartin -at- SEEKERSOFT -dot- COM>]

Thanks for the recognition, but in the interests of complete disclosure,
while I was reasonably sure of my comment, I double-checked in "Bugs in
Writing' (by Lyn Dupre, ISBN 0-201-60019-6) to be sure.

BTW, "Bugs" is an *excellent* book--even if I disagree with one or two of
the suggestions in it.

At 02:00 PM 8/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hurrah to Chuck!! So many people insist on sticking colons before
>any bulleted list, even when the intro ends in a preposition. Blech.
>
>Chuck Martin wrote:
>>
>> The answer to your question is "no."
>>
>> However, in your example, you would not use a colon.
>>
>> At 09:24 AM 8/14/97 +0300, Lauren Gotlieb wrote:
>> >Hello all,
>> >I have a question about introducing bulleted lists. Does the phrase before
>> >the list need to be a complete sentence? I generally write:
>> > "You use blah-blah to:
>> >*
>> >*
>> >*..."
>> >Is this incorrect?
>> >TIA,
>> >Lauren Gotlieb
>> >
>

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