Punctuation

Periods

  • Use a single space to separate sentences.

  • If the items in a bulleted or numbered list are sentences themselves or are a continuation of the sentence that introduced the list, then use a period at the end of item. If the items are nouns, then do not use a period.

Commas

  • Use serial commas.

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Exclamation Marks

  • Use exclamation marks very sparingly, if at all.

Hyphens

  • Use hyphenated compound modifiers.

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  • Use suspended hyphens.

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  • Use hyphens for ranges.

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