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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/15935
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To me, there are two options:

**1. Your list is a list**

> The following fruits are healthy:
> 
> - apples
> - bananas
> - cherrys
> 
> I love to eat them.

Lists don't have punctuation. Even if each list item is a full sentence, you don't need to put a full stop after it (unless it is a quote).

> What you need to remember:
> 
> 1. Sleep well
> 2. Eat well
> 3. Love your parents

If your list lists sentences, list them with the punctuation:

> "Come home."
> But Joan only shook her head. (from John Jake, The Boring Book)
> 
> These are my favourite sentences from John Jake's _Boring Book:_
> 
> 1. "Come home."
> 2. But Joan only shook her head.

Both list items are understood to be quotes from a text, that is, the first sentence was written with quotation marks in the original.

**2. Your list is a sentence styled as a list**

> I love to eat
> 
> - oranges,
> - bananas, and
> - apples,
> 
> because they are healthy.

Sentences have punctuation.

Original score: 1