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Inconsistent use of e.g. vs. e.g.,

Open jhaag75 opened this issue 7 years ago • 4 comments

Need to update the spec to be consistent. We currently use e.g. in some cases and e.g., in others...this seems to be a British vs. American English preference. I don't care what we use as long as it is consistent.

We probably need to check i.e. vs. i.e., as well.

jhaag75 avatar Sep 15 '17 19:09 jhaag75

Huh. I'm always learning new things about the differences between British and American.

garemoko avatar Sep 18 '17 13:09 garemoko

We should standardize for e.g.,

creighton avatar Sep 20 '17 18:09 creighton

@garemoko, the abbreviations "i.e." and "e.g." are akin to saying "that is" and "for example," respectively. If you started a sentence with either phrase, you'd follow it with a comma.

abssquared avatar Sep 20 '17 19:09 abssquared

^^ Expert input from the Watershed marketing team. Thanks @abssquared!

garemoko avatar Sep 21 '17 08:09 garemoko