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Q&A When should I use punctuation with bullets?

When writing bulleted items, what are the rules for placing periods? Presumably bulleted items that aren't sentences wouldn't require punctuation: Orange Apple Banana But how about sentence bul...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by el2iot2‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:29:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar el2iot2‭ · 2019-12-08T01:29:48Z (almost 5 years ago)
When writing bulleted items, what are the rules for placing periods? Presumably bulleted items that aren't sentences wouldn't require punctuation:

- Orange
- Apple
- Banana

But how about sentence bullets?

- I am happy
- She was happy
- He is happy still

Should that be:

- I am happy.
- She was happy.
- He is happy still?

And how do I distinguish between cases? What happens if there are multiple sentences per bullet?

**Update:** This is actually going to be published from a corporate website, so the house rules are less clearly defined in that case, but I think that is a great point regardless.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-04-05T18:48:20Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 10