Tables

[Jack8rkin]

Hello!
A question about tables:
Should I put a dot at the end of the box in tables, in case I have a complete sentence or several complete sentences in the box?

 

[Rover_KE]

I'm not sure what you mean, but I would advise putting a full stop at the end of every sentence (unless it's a question or exclamation).

Rover

 

[Jack8rkin]

Response​

The comment on organization of activities and testing stages is accepted.

What I mean is this. (Actually it doest not show the actual table here).
Box 1 = response
Box 2 = the sentence below
No dot is required after "Response", right?
What about the sente in the lower box?
To dot or not dot?

 

[Rover_KE]

No dot is required after "Response", right?

Right. But I call it a full stop.

The sentence needs a full stop.

Rover

 

[Jack8rkin]

Yes, I know it is called "full stop" in BrE; and "period", in AmE. "Dot" is like a term used in the internet addresses, I thought it was more universal for the above purpose.
Thank you for your advice.

 

[BobK]

It you have a sentence in a table, use a full-stop. If you have a table full of single words, full-stops everywhere will look bad. If you have a table that has both, any decision is going to involve inconsistency - it might be possible to redesign the table. Editors and book-designers are forever arguing about this.

b

 

[Jack8rkin]

Thanks a lot. We, interpreters and translators, are ever arguing about it too.