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Re: [Nano-devel] saving a line, and punctuating i.e.
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Benno Schulenberg |
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Re: [Nano-devel] saving a line, and punctuating i.e. |
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Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:54:04 +0200 |
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Nick Warne wrote:
> Remembering i.e. means 'for instance',
To be precise: "i.e." means "that is" and "e.g." means "for
instance".
> you can quiet legally have
> a comma following i.e.
Certainly, a comma can be put there, but is not needed. Since the
abbreviation itself already makes one pause a little when reading
it, and a comma after a period looks kind of strange, many people
prefer to leave it out.
Benno