Re: Periods and bullets

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

John Posada wrote:
> Hi, guys...I'm having a discussion with another writer.
> 
> My position is that a bullet list of gragments gets no period:
> 
> The crate had
>   - oranges
>   - apples
>   - lemons
> 
> and her position is that the last bullet gets a period.
> 
> The crate had
>   - oranges
>   - apples
>   - lemons.
> 
> Any validity to this?
> 

Most modern style goes with your example, only perhaps
with a more grammatically complete lead-in: "The crate
contained the following items:"

I believe the only time the last item should end with
a period is if the list is using the style where the
items complete the intro grammatically, in which case
I think the other items get ending punctuation as well:

    The crate had
    - oranges,
    - apples, and
    - lemons.

-- Janice

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