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Subject:Re: question: bulleted lists and periods From:"Amy G. Peacock" <apeacock -at- WOLFENET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 30 Jul 1998 15:56:00 -0700
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, David M. Brown wrote:
> But if you carry the "it's just an expanded sentence" argument to
> its logical end, you get hideous structures like this:
> Spot:
> * ran north up the block,
> * chased a drunken badger,
> * rolled over three times, and
> * barfed on the Smiths' petunias.
I don't know...it looks kind of poetic... :D
Amy Peacock
techwriter & jewelrymaker
Snohomish, Washington
apeacock -at- wolfenet -dot- com
