Timeline for Should I always use a comma after "e.g." or "i.e."?
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| Jul 13, 2023 at 11:11 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The use of full stops with eg and ie is certainly not mandatory, as a quick check online will show. Cambridge Dictionary and Collins, for instance, list both variants. The dropping of full stops seems more prevalent in the UK than in the US; it certainly avoids a lot of clutter (eg i.e.,). Rarely does it cause a lack of clarity. | |
| Dec 15, 2017 at 0:24 | comment | added | Adrian McCarthy | "I can see no logical reason for it" I can see a logical reason: I.e. and e.g. are typically stand-ins for parenthetical phrases, and parenthetical phrases are often set off from the rest of a sentence by commas. I don't think there's anything puzzling about that. Also note that the comma is recommended by at least two of the style guides you reference the blog post you linked. | |
| Sep 29, 2015 at 19:17 | review | Late answers | |||
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| May 17, 2012 at 19:03 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | I strongly agree that one should write “for example” and “that is” — or their equivalents — out in full and in English. | |
| May 17, 2012 at 14:03 | history | answered | Make Your English Work | CC BY-SA 3.0 |