
Based off conversation at the PTG, we agreed it would be beneficial to ensure the contrib-guide is clearly marked as the doc contrib guide outside of the title. This change includes a redirect. Change-Id: I5abf915f0b94a482afa961e6b86364c26aae5d79
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Punctuation
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Use standard U.S. English rules of punctuation. The table includes some
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general recommendations on the punctuation marks usage based on common
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mistakes made by contributors.
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.. list-table::
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:header-rows: 1
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:widths: 10 25 15
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* - Punctuation mark
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- How to use
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- Example
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* - Serial (Oxford) comma
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- Use comma before the *and* and *or* conjunctions that connect items
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in series of three or more.
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- You can create, update, and delete roles.
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* - Semicolon
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- Avoid using semicolons in sentences. Use periods or a commas instead.
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Use semicolons only to separate series of words separated by commas.
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- Large, medium, or small; soft or hard; black, gray, or white.
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* - Colon
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- Use colons to introduce lists and code examples or tables where
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needed. Do not use colons in headings if this is not explicitly
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required. Typically, use lowercase letters after colons
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in running text.
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- The configuration values are:
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* ``certfile``
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* ...
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* - Quotation marks
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- Generally, avoid using quotation marks, use the corresponding markup
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instead.
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Though, if the quotation marks are required, place commas and periods
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inside closing quotation marks.
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This applies to both words-as-words and sentence fragments.
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- The screen displays, "Hello, world."
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