Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Bullets and capitalisation
Hi,
Recently, I came across a problem with the marking scheme in my school.
My question is, " Should the letters of the first word written in point form be capitalised or non-capitalised?"
Eg.
Health problems include:
• diabetes
• obesity
• heart palpitations
Eg.
What to do:
• take a walk
• sleep well
Recently, I came across a problem with the marking scheme in my school.
My question is, " Should the letters of the first word written in point form be capitalised or non-capitalised?"
Eg.
Health problems include:
• diabetes
• obesity
• heart palpitations
Eg.
What to do:
• take a walk
• sleep well
Top answer
Items in a list are normally not capitalised unless they start a sentence or are proper nouns.
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Items in a list are normally not capitalised unless they start a sentence or are proper nouns.
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And just to show that this is a matter of style and not grammar, I capitalize items in a bullet almost all the time.
So just be consistent. Don't use a list that starts with capitals in one section and then a list that starts with lower-case letters in the next.
So just be consistent. Don't use a list that starts with capitals in one section and then a list that starts with lower-case letters in the next.
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