Commas after “i.e.” and “e.g.”
Many grammar books state that a comma is always required after "i.e." and "e.g." used in a sentence, as in…
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Serial commas
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In Britain and some other less-enlightened countries, the comma is often omitted before an 'and' in a list.…
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Punctuation after quotations
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