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Re: Typos in English manual
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Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: Typos in English manual |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:15:39 +0200 (CEST) |
> Actually I am not sure that 'i.e.,' is necessary. 'i.e,' is not
> correct, so 'i.e.' without a comma is fine as far as I know.
Well, `i.e.' is a shorthand for the Latin `id est' which translates to
`that is', and for the latter, you always need a comma after the `is'
if you continue with a sentence, right? So I think `i.e.' needs a
comma.
Werner
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