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Q&A Using hyphen points

When you have "bullet points," the character you use for the bullet is irrelevant. If you can't mix full sentences and fragments with bullets, you can't mix them with "hyphen points" either. So the...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:17Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8366
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:58:37Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8366
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T02:58:37Z (over 4 years ago)
When you have "bullet points," the character you use for the bullet is irrelevant. If you can't mix full sentences and fragments with bullets, you can't mix them with "hyphen points" either. So the same rules apply.

• Free shipping on orders over $25

is the same as

~ Free shipping on orders over $25

There's no difference in regards to punctuation or sentence structure. (to my amusement, SE keeps changing all my various characters to bullets...)

The only time the bullet character is relevant is if you have a stacked list and you want to match outline indentation levels (all the first level lines have a bullet, all the second level lines have an open circle, and so on).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-07-09T17:10:25Z (almost 11 years ago)
Original score: 4