serial comma into a bulleted list

Subject: serial comma into a bulleted list
From: Chuck Martin <techwriter -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 11:33:25 PDT

If the example above was used, I'd take out not only the commas,
but the last "and":

Attach the wires in the following order:

1. Red
2. Green
3. Blue and yellow
4. Brown

And assuming the order was relevant, I'd number the items rather
that bullet (like Calvin, I like verbing nouns) them.

Otherwise, I'd say:

Attach the following wires:

- red
- green
- blue and yellow
- brown

Chuck Martin
Information Developer, IBM
techwriter -at- vnet -dot- ibm -dot- com


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