Bulleted Lists: Capitalization and Punctuation

Before the introduction of word processing (via word processors and computers), most publications displayed lists in either outline form or numbered lists. Now we have bullets. This creates a new layer of confusion on how to use capitalization and punctuation in such lists. Following are some questions and answers to use as guidelines:

Shaddow Domain Peer Review – Too Much Scrolling Around

Like Julie Pedersen, Web Mistress of Shadow Domain, I too am a self taught web designer, (approx 6 years) who's need to come to grips with the web & web design, was driven by other business demands. I now design a limited number of web sites for small to medium businesses.

AND A FINAL WORD ON APOSTROPHES…

Following on from the previous two articles, I now want to look at another common difficulty with the apostrophe - that is, the difference between "it's" and "its" and when each of these should be used.

Commas, Semi-colons, and colons

Here's what they look like: a colon is two dots - : a semi-colon is a dot on top of a comma - ; a comma is a little curly thing (for want of a better description!) - , The colon is often used to introduce a list, like so: point one; point two; point three.