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When should 'viz.' be followed by a comma?
My practice is to never use double punctuation, but to prefer the comma, when needed to maintain preferred style, over he period in i.e. and e.g. (i.e, Like this parenthetical example); I'd say the ...
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Not a decade, but a term for a 9 year span
Because there is no zero year, the first “decade” of AD and the last “decade” of BC only have nine years. Since these are sets of nine years, they should be called Nonades, on the model of Decade. In ...
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