Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart D - PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED STATUTES STYLE MANUAL
Chapter 23 - FORMAT AND STYLE
Subchapter C - RULES OF STYLE
STYLE GENERALLY
Section 23.104 - Enumeration in running text
Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 23.104
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(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
This section cited in 101 Pa. Code § 25.22 (relating to elimination of departures from uniform style of the Statutes).
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