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Subject:Punctuation lists- an exhaustive scenarios list From:Rob Hudson <caveatrob -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:47:25 -0400
Hello Everyone,
I'm teachig my students how to punctuate bulleted and numbered lists,
and I'm looking for a style guide (or your recommendations) on how to
handle the following scenarios:
* how to punctuate items in a list when the items are complete sentences
* how to punctuate items in a list when the items are not complete sentences
* how to punctuate items in a list that contains internal punctuation
* how to punctuate items in a list that is introduced by a clause,
where each list item completes the sentence
* how to punctuate items in a list that is introduced by a clause,
where all list items complete the sentence (they are in a series)
* how to punctuate items in a list that is introduced by a sentence,
where each list item is a complete sentence
* how to punctuate items in a list that is introduced by a sentence,
where each list item is not a complete sentence
I've consulted the Chicago Manual of Style, but it wasn't exhaustively
prescriptive.
I'd love to see what standards you all follow; I'm going to put
together a consistent guide for my students.
Rob
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