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Automatic translation of classes to relations requires every regular, i.e. non-subclass and non-association classes to have a primary key.

Automatic translation of classes to relations requires every regular, i.e. non-subclass and non-association classes, to have a primary key.

Which of the above is correct?

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    – choster
    Commented Jun 3, 2014 at 23:01
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    That sentence doesn't make much sense, with or without the comma.
    – Neil W
    Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 0:05

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The second sentence is not incorrect. The first is grammatically incorrect.

However since the i.e. clause is an interruption for clarification one might argue that ideally it would be delineated with dashes, not commas. E.g., see Parentheses vs. double commas vs. dashes to provide additional detail.

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