Strategies for Writing Better Lists
Robert E. Berger · 2014
A list is considered to be well written when the principle of equivalence is satisfied and when each of the items can be clearly distinguished by the reader. This chapter presents some methods for meeting these requirements. First, it presents some strategies for restoring equivalence when it is out of kilter. Second, the chapter provides some examples to demonstrate that greater efficiency can be achieved when scattered items are combined into a single list. Next, it demonstrates how to treat two different lists when they correspond with one another. Fourth, the use of colons with lists is discussed. And finally, the chapter presents some circumstances for which a stacked-item list, using bullets or numbers, would be appropriate.