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When you write a list like the below, are the letters (i.e. the A, B and C) called anything? Are they still bullets even though they’re not ‘bullet-shaped’ like the dot (•) often used for bullet lists?
A. The dog
B. The cat
C. The frog
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When you write a list like the below, are the letters (i.e. the A, B and C) called anything? Are they still bullets even though they’re not ‘bullet-shaped’ like the dot (•) often used for bullet lists?
A. The dog
B. The cat
C. The frog
grammatical-number
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Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
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In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
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I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
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Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09
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When you write a list like the below, are the letters (i.e. the A, B and C) called anything? Are they still bullets even though they’re not ‘bullet-shaped’ like the dot (•) often used for bullet lists?
A. The dog
B. The cat
C. The frog
grammatical-number
edited May 28 at 11:09
Janus Bahs Jacquet
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asked May 28 at 10:49
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When you write a list like the below, are the letters (i.e. the A, B and C) called anything? Are they still bullets even though they’re not ‘bullet-shaped’ like the dot (•) often used for bullet lists?
A. The dog
B. The cat
C. The frog
grammatical-number
grammatical-number
edited May 28 at 11:09
Janus Bahs Jacquet
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asked May 28 at 10:49
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edited May 28 at 11:09
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asked May 28 at 10:49
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edited May 28 at 11:09
Janus Bahs Jacquet
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edited May 28 at 11:09
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edited May 28 at 11:09
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asked May 28 at 10:49
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Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
1
In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
1
I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
2
Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09
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show 1 more comment
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Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
1
In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
1
I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
2
Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09
3
3
Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
1
1
In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
1
1
I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
2
2
Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09
Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09
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Not sure there's an accepted term in English. For what it's worth, in Microsodt Word they come under the heading "numbered list", so possibly there isn't a good phrase (or maybe Microsoft just wanted to avoid too many list types).
– AndyT
May 28 at 11:16
Yea, that's what I looked at. Many thanks
– Craig Allen
May 28 at 11:43
1
In LaTeX this would be treated as an enumerated list (with an alphabetic style), and nothing I've seen in any documentation offers a useful term for it. There's no common special term for the numbers in a numbered list either
– Chris H
May 28 at 11:45
1
I'd call it an illetterated list.
– Hot Licks
May 28 at 12:02
2
Your question is too broad. Are you talking about list items in general (the entire thing), or, specifically, about the orthographic representation in front of each list item?
– Jason Bassford
May 28 at 17:09