Should I use capital letters in front of items? There are two cases
The reasons for that are: 1) We don't have budget and 2) We can not do that.
or
The reasons for that are:
1) We don't have budget.
2) We can not do that.
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Sign up to join this communityShould I use capital letters in front of items? There are two cases
The reasons for that are: 1) We don't have budget and 2) We can not do that.
or
The reasons for that are:
1) We don't have budget.
2) We can not do that.
Both capital and lowercase letters can be appropriate at the beginning of such lists. Different style guides are likely to offer different opinions about when to use capitals and when to use lowercase letters. As a rule of thumb, though, capital letters are more appropriate if each of the list items forms a complete sentence. In your example, the list items are complete sentences, so capital letters work well. But I would use lowercase letters in a case like this one:
You need three more ingredients: 1) eggs, 2) milk, 3) flour.
I would offer the same advice whether the list is inline, or the list items each have their own line. But again, some style guides may disagree.