§ 23.104. Enumeration in running text.
(a) General rule.—The style and punctuation of enumerations in running text shall conform to the following rules:
(1) All items in the tabulated enumeration shall belong to the same class, that is, the enumeration must have a common theme or thread.
(2) Each item in the tabulated enumeration shall be responsive, in substance and in form, to the introductory language of the enumeration (the material immediately preceding the colon).
(3) If the sentence of which the tabulated enumeration is a part continues beyond the end of the enumeration, the part of the sentence that follows the enumeration must be appropriate to each item.
(4) All of each item in the enumeration shall be indented.
(5) Material immediately preceding or following the enumeration shall not be indented unless it marks the beginning of a paragraph.
(6) If the tabulated material takes the form of a sentence in which the enumeration is an integral part, each item shall begin with a small letter and end with a semicolon, except that:
(i) The penultimate item should end with a semicolon followed by an ‘‘and’’ or an ‘‘or’’.
(ii) If the last item ends the sentence, it should end with a period.
(7) If the tabulated material takes the form of a simple list following a sentence that is otherwise complete, each item shall begin with a capital letter and end with a period. No ‘‘and’’ or ‘‘or’’ follows the penultimate item.
(b) Preferred form.—Unless the meaning would be unclear, the preferred form for enumerations is to begin each enumeration with a capital letter and end it with a period. For clarity, the introductory phrase should contain a statement in one of the following forms:
any of the following
all of the following
Cross References This section cited in 101 Pa. Code § 25.22 (relating to elimination of departures from uniform style of the Statutes).
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