The style and punctuation of enumerations in running text shall conform to the following rules:
- (1) The items in the tabulated enumeration shall belong to the same class, for example, the enumeration shall have a common theme or thread.
- (2) An item in the tabulated enumeration shall be responsive, in substance and in form, to the introductory language of the enumeration—the material immediately preceeding the colon.
- (3) If the sentence of which tabulated enumeration is a part continues beyond the end of the enumeration, the part of the sentence that follows the enumeration shall be appropriate to each item.
- (4) Material immediately preceeding or following the enumeration may not be indented unless it marks the beginning of a paragraph.
- (5) If the tabulated material takes the form of a sentence in which the enumeration is an integral part, each item shall begin with a capital letter and end with a period.
- (6) 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.
- (7) Selection of an appropriate introductory phrase to the tabulated material will normally be sufficient to make the meaning clear.
Source
The provisions of this § 13.36 added by JCD Order No. 6, dated May 21, 1970, 1 Pa.B. 10.