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- The vending stand sells a variety of items. (These include sandwiches, beverages, cakes, etc. (6).)
8.101.
To enclose bylines in congressional work.
- (By Harvey Hagman, archeological correspondent)
8.102.
When matter in parentheses makes more than one paragraph, start each paragraph with a parenthesis and place the closing parenthesis at the end of the last paragraph.
Period
The period is used—
8.103.
After a declarative sentence that is not exclamatory or after an imperative sentence.
- Stars are suns.
- He was employed by Sampson & Co.
- Do not be late.
- On with the dance.
8.104.
After an indirect question or after a question intended as a suggestion and not requiring an answer.
- Tell me how he did it.
- May we hear from you.
- May we ask prompt payment.
8.105.
In place of a closing parenthesis after a letter or number denoting a series.
- a. Bread well baked
- b. Meat cooked rare
- c. Cubed apples stewed
- 1. Punctuate freely
- 2. Compound sparingly
- 3. Index thoroughly
8.106.
Sometimes to indicate ellipsis.
8.107.
After a run-in sidehead.
- Conditional subjunctive.—The conditional subjunctive is required for all unreal and doubtful conditions.
- 2. Peacetime preparation.—a. The Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, etc.
- 2. Peacetime preparation—Industrial mobilization plans.—The Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, etc.
- 2. Peacetime preparation.—Industrial mobilization.—The Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, etc.
