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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.
>
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