Earlier this year, news media picked up stories of employers asking prospective staff for access to their social media accounts. Some stories made the requests sound as matter-of-fact as if they were asking for a mailing address. It’s an improper question at any time, but if you’re
Read more →At times you may need to create a list within a list. When you come across a situation like this, try to revise the passage so that you can create two separate lists, since sublists quickly render documents more complex than they need to be. However, using
Read more →When you create many numbered lists in a document, the first list might be the only one to start at the number one. Subsequent lists start at the number after the last number in the preceding list. In some cases, this is what you want to do.
Read more →At times, you may need to add a paragraph to a list item but you don’t want the second paragraph to automatically receive a number or a bullet. For instance, you might want to explain something further about the first paragraph using additional words or an illustration.
Read more →From sequencing instructions to grouping similar objects, lists help make your writing clearer in many ways. They’re especially handy when a document contains a large, solid block of text that contains several lists. Breaking up large blocks of text and adding white space makes a document easier
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