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To: society-by-contract
 

No longer necessary to put 2 spaces
after each period. Save the key stroke.

 

Steve's tips on periods:

  • Place periods after bullet points that express a complete thought. Fragments don't get one. If you choose to ignore this, at least
    be consistent throughout your document or PowerPoint slides.

  • Periods make horrible bullet points. 
    — Use an emdash (see below) or double hyphen (see Dash below).
    — Or try this: turn on the Number lock key (Num Lock);
        then type Alt +0183 > Enter. You'll get a dot.

  • No periods...
    ...after contractions |
    don't
    ...ordinal numbers | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th
    ...nicknames | Barb
    ...shortened words | taxi, ad
    ...acronyms | KPRC, TV
    ...numeral after names | Henry VII

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64 posted on 02/01/2012 1:23:46 PM PST by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition
Steve's Tips on Periods

Tenacious1's Tips on Periods:

Keep you mouth shut, stay out of her way and do what she says.

67 posted on 02/01/2012 1:25:40 PM PST by Tenacious 1
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