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Re: inifinitive phrases/colons & lists

Subject: Re: inifinitive phrases/colons & lists
From: Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- qualcomm -dot- com>
To: "Krezel, Lillian" <Lillian -dot- Krezel -at- midata-ebs -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:54:58 -0700

You will find Strunk and White at Bartleby.com

http://www.bartleby.com/141/

I wasn't able to find advice about colons. Perhaps you can.

Marilynne

At 01:42 PM 6/14/00, Krezel, Lillian wrote:

Paula,

: does not necessarily mean "Here comes a bulleted list." The colon is fine
before any long series.
I believe Strunk and White address this very point in "Elements of Style"
or maybe it was Sheridan Baker . . .

In any case, I'd set off the phrase "Do you want your staff to:" with
a bold font, perhaps a different font face from the rest of the brochure.

Lili

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