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Q&A Punctuation in a list

Let's say I have a document with a list like this: aaaa bbbb cccc dddd Should I put nothing, a semicolon, a full stop or what at the end of each line? This is for an academic paper. We don't ...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by dragonmnl‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/15931
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar dragonmnl‭ · 2019-12-08T03:58:55Z (almost 5 years ago)
Let's say I have a document with a list like this:

- aaaa
- bbbb
- cccc
- dddd

Should I put nothing, a semicolon, a full stop or what at the end of each line? This is for an academic paper. We don't have a specific style guide we're supposed to follow.

I found some information on the Internet and apparently: if there is no full stop within an item (as in 2nd and 3rd item in the list above), the item is closed by a semicolon, otherwise by a full stop (as in the 1st item in the list above).

Is this correct?

Is this applicable to a mixed (full stop within some item, no full stop within some other time) list?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-01-19T01:33:27Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 3