: Is it discouraged to format a list of items vertically? In my writing, I tend to format lists of items: The school has a vegetable garden in which the children grow cabbages, onions, potatoes,

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While you can structure a list within a sentence this way, it's typically frowned upon. The preferred style would be to preempt the list with a complete thought that describes the list which follows it and treat that list as a break between thoughts. If you choose to have a vertical list you're saying it's important enough to be its own element and therefor draw the eye and break up a text. So, while it could be within a sentence, it often isn't and wouldn't be published that way without extremely good cause (or a desire to just muck with convention for art's sake).

<p>Lots of a text goes here. Perhaps multiple sentances. But I'm about to make a point. And now I'm making it. Here's a list that describes the options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
</ul>
<p>New paragraph begins here.</p>

Lots of a text goes here. Perhaps multiple sentances. But I'm about
to make a point. And now I'm making it. Here's a list that describes
the options:

Item 1
Item 2

New paragraph begins here.

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