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Re: Commas after "i.e." and "e.g." (was: Re: [Ada] gnat_rmtexi: Use @./@: where appropriate.)
- To: jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk, oldham at codesourcery dot com
- Subject: Re: Commas after "i.e." and "e.g." (was: Re: [Ada] gnat_rmtexi: Use @./@: where appropriate.)
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 19:49:23 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: fw at deneb dot enyo dot de, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
>>I do not care which you choose, but I suggest being consistent.
I don't think consistency is a good guiding principle when it comes to commas,
the consistent principle should be to put in a comma if and only if it helps
the reader to pause slightly. For i.e. it is the case that sometimes you want
this sometimes you don't