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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: xml to mp3
Among the tech writers that I know (in the US), the rule has long been that you can end listitems either with all full stops or none - that is, end every listitem the same way. Then again, I think it was a fellow US citizen who said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Hmm, was Emerson the first tech writer? On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 17:24, Paul A. Hoadley wrote: > (I realise this is slowly drifting off-topic, but just out of > interest...) > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 07:39:01AM +0100, Steinar Bang wrote: > > > FWIW None of my listitems have a full stop at the end. > > > > Ten years ago, I was told by a former co-worker, a typographer (and > > an Englishman), that they shouldn't have. > > Of course, typographical style varies with time, language and > geography, but (also FWIW) the Commonwealth of Australia's 'Style > manual' recommends a full stop (and an initial capital) if the list > item is a complete sentence, and no punctuation (or initial capital) > if the list item is a sentence fragment, except for the final list > item which should end with a full stop. Needless to say, a single > list should contain list items all of one type or the other. > > > -- > Paul. > > mailto:paulh@logicsquad.net > mailto:phoadley@maths.adelaide.edu.au > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a post to docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org, or visit http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/. >
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