{"id":875,"date":"2009-11-17T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T00:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=875"},"modified":"2011-05-23T14:56:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T04:56:47","slug":"incorporating-single-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2009\/11\/incorporating-single-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Incorporating single points"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are times when it seems appropriate to use a list, or when it is common practice to do so in your context, but what do you do if there is only one item to be listed?<\/p>\n

When\u00a0I wrote about numbered lists the other day<\/a>, I mentioned that one item doesn’t make a list so something like the following looks a little silly:<\/p>\n

Our product comes in these colours:<\/em><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. blue<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this case, you have two real options – incorporate the item into a sentence or use a non-numbered list.<\/p>\n

    For the above example, sentence form will work much better:<\/p>\n

    Our product comes in blue.<\/em><\/p>\n

    In other situations, it may be required to use a list format even if there is only one item. A bullet point or em-dash is better than using a numbering system. This may apply, for example, making a point within a list…<\/p>\n

    Our product has the following specifications:<\/em><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. 1m wide<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. made of stainless steel<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. suitable for domestic use<\/em>
      \n– 10 year guarantee void in business settings<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. 50kg when constructed<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      There are times when it seems appropriate to use a list, or when it is common practice to do so in your context, but what do you do if there is only one item to be listed? When\u00a0I wrote about numbered lists the other day, I mentioned that one item doesn’t make a list so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,60],"tags":[995,994,196],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-details-2","category-writing","tag-incorporate","tag-item","tag-list"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t