Re: Add comma after e.g. and i.e.?

From: Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add comma after e.g. and i.e.?
Date: 2020-08-25 19:03:34
Message-ID: f29e3aaa27ff9fa6e5fc363527a6a0f8@xs4all.nl
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On 2020-08-25 20:36, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> We are inconsistently about adding a comma after e.g. and i.e.:
[..]

> Virtually all American style guides recommend to follow both “i.e.”
> and
> “e.g.” with a comma (just like if “that is” and “for example” were
> used
> instead), so the very same sentence in American English would become:
>
> So, what do we want to do? Leave it unchanged, or pick one of these
> styles?

For what it's worth, I am in favor of that comma.

Erik Rijkers

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