Timeline for The use of "e.g." at the end of a sentence
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| Sep 19, 2011 at 1:49 | comment | added | Peter Shor | If you end a sentence with an abbreviation, the two periods get coalesced into one. | |
| Sep 18, 2011 at 23:34 | comment | added | Henry | I would usually three periods for an ellipsis, so for a pause would have "e.g. ..." | |
| Sep 18, 2011 at 23:29 | comment | added | nhaarman | Indeed, ending the sentence with one period makes the following words look like they belong to the 'e.g.', to state it like that, but using two periods looks like waiting for a reaction or something (like, "He isn't here, so..") | |
| Sep 18, 2011 at 23:26 | comment | added | Henry | I suspect so - if not there is the risk that readers like me take the next word as part of the example, particularly if it is a capitalised proper name. There is less risk of this error with "etc.", which naturally ends a sentence or phrase. | |
| Sep 18, 2011 at 23:21 | comment | added | nhaarman | So ending with two periods would then correctly end the sentence. | |
| Sep 18, 2011 at 23:17 | history | answered | Henry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |