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Full stops on fragments

Forbidden
"Property features." · "Free secure parking."
Instead
Most interface text is too short to need them. Use a full stop only where the text is a complete sentence containing commas.

What this rule looks like

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Why this rule

Whichever you choose, be consistent across sibling elements — a list where three items end in a stop and two do not looks like a mistake, because it is one.

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Rule
Section
UI writing
Group
Words
Bucket
judgment
Severity
note
Since
v0.1.0

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