Re: leading into a list

Subject: Re: leading into a list
From: Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:05:55 -0700


That's my feeling as well. I use a comma to set off a list of steps.

Wade
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:03:25 -0400, TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Posting for a friend who's having trouble posting...
>
> <<<
> Should the sentence introducing a list of steps end in a colon?
> Or, should it have no ending punctuation if it is not a complete sentence?
> E.g., "To install the widget
> 1. Do this.
> 2. Do that.
> 3. Do t'other"
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Wade Courtney
President/Principal Writer
Sabio Publications Inc
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