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punctuation question regarding bullet points

  • 08-10-2006 12:52pm
    #1
    eurotrotter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭


    should one put full stops at the end of each bullet point
    im writing out a cv at the moment, and am not sure to have full stops or not
    thanks guys
    ed


Comments

  • #2
    MrJoeSoap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Personally, I wouldn't.


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    MrJoeSoap wrote:
    Personally, I wouldn't.
    Same.


  • #4
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    No, you shouldn't. If you want to be gramatically correct, I imagine you should put a semi-colon at the end of each one (; ), but I doubt it's necessary.


  • #5
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,774 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Faith wrote:
    No, you shouldn't. If you want to be gramatically correct, I imagine you should put a semi-colon at the end of each one (;), but I doubt it's necessary.
    Ooh, your leet post is a grammar one. How nice. :)

    Edit: Image attached!


  • #6
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    I hadn't even noticed. I'm embarrassed now.

    I had to edit it to take out the accidental wink.


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  • #7
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    WTF?

    Faith's postcount is showing as 1335 for me...what gives?

    OT: I don't think I've ever seen fullstops used in bullet points...or semicolons for that matter...


  • #8
    Ba_barbaraAnne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭Ba_barbaraAnne


    I type cv's for a living..... no full stop when using bullet points necessary.


  • #9
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Wertz wrote:
    WTF?

    Faith's postcount is showing as 1335 for me...what gives?

    Aye, me too. I guess some posts must have been deleted somewhere.


  • #10
    NoDayBut2Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭NoDayBut2Day


    Not to sound naive, but what do you mean by "full stop"? I probably know what you're talking about, but it's probably different terminology that I'm used to or I just don't know what it's called.


  • #11
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    A full stop: .

    You probably call it a "period". It's the dot that signifies the end of a sentence.

    /edit: Damn, I did it again! I had a second chance for my leet post and it was still a grammatical one :(.


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  • #12
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    NoDayBut2Day wrote:
    Not to sound naive, but what do you mean by "full stop"? I probably know what you're talking about, but it's probably different terminology that I'm used to or I just don't know what it's called.

    A full stop or period(you might be used to that one living in a US state).

    edit: schnap, Faithey.


  • #13
    NoDayBut2Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 944 ✭✭✭NoDayBut2Day


    Faith wrote:
    A full stop: .

    You probably call it a "period". It's the dot that signifies the end of a sentence.
    .

    ah yes, of course! :D
    thanks for the clarification.


  • #14
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    It doesn't really matter either way as long as your style is consistent throughout the document.


  • #15
    Gordon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    The big slut has a point.


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