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Re: [Ada] gnat_rmtexi: Use @./@: where appropriate.
- To: fw at deneb dot enyo dot de, jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk
- Subject: Re: [Ada] gnat_rmtexi: Use @./@: where appropriate.
- From: Brad Lucier <lucier at math dot purdue dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:56:59 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: lucier at math dot purdue dot edu (Brad Lucier), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Re:
> "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > However, when making such changes to the main manual I was told that
> > style guides say that "e.g." and "i.e." should always be followed by
> > a comma,
>
> Fowler's Modern English Usage disagrees. A comma should follow only
> if the sentence structure mandates it.
In some ways this is a British/American usage thing. The Chicago
Manual of Style, 14th edition, says "5.62 A comma is usually used after
such expressions as {\it that is, namely, i.e.,} and {\it e.g.}" Americans
tend to use more commas than the Brits.
Brad Lucier