[ontoiop-forum] e.g. (and i.e) in OntoIOp teleconference (n.62): Wed 201

["terry.longstreth" <terry.longstreth@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A followon to today's discussion.

I did further research and discovered that the juries still out on the following comma for e.g.  The difference may be another case of  two populations separated by a common language.   

Source Recommendation Chicago Manual of Style A comma is usually used after i.e. and e.g. Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Commas are preferable/optional after the abbreviations. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English [Editors] require a comma after the second period [in these abbreviations]. The Guide to Grammar and Writing The comma [following i.e. and e.g.] makes good sense. Lynch Guide to Grammar Both abbreviations should be followed by a comma. Fowler's Modern English Usage Commas do not usually follow i.e. (No comment on e.g.) - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus-eg?page=2#sthash.abWX0TNl.dpuf

Source Recommendation Chicago Manual of Style A comma is usually used after i.e. and e.g. Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Commas are preferable/optional after the abbreviations. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English [Editors] require a comma after the second period [in these abbreviations]. The Guide to Grammar and Writing The comma [following i.e. and e.g.] makes good sense. Lynch Guide to Grammar Both abbreviations should be followed by a comma. Fowler's Modern English Usage Commas do not usually follow i.e. (No comment on e.g.) - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus-eg?page=2#sthash.abWX0TNl.dpuf

Source Recommendation Chicago Manual of Style A comma is usually used after i.e. and e.g. Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Commas are preferable/optional after the abbreviations. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English [Editors] require a comma after the second period [in these abbreviations]. The Guide to Grammar and Writing The comma [following i.e. and e.g.] makes good sense. Lynch Guide to Grammar Both abbreviations should be followed by a comma. Fowler's Modern English Usage Commas do not usually follow i.e. (No comment on e.g.) - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus-eg?page=2#sthash.abWX0TNl.dpuf

As an aside, when these sources mention [i.e.], the treatment is the same.  [i.e] should be used when the target exhausts the subject, i.e. the successor phrase is a restatement of the antecedent (as in the case of an exhaustive list).

Source	Recommendation
Chicago Manual of Style	A comma is usually used after i.e. and e.g.
Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation	Commas are preferable/optional after the abbreviations
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English	[Editors] require a comma after the second period [in these abbreviations].
The Guide to Grammar and Writing	The comma [following i.e. and e.g.] makes good sense.
Lynch Guide to Grammar	Both abbreviations should be followed by a comma.
Fowler's Modern English Usage	Commas do not usually follow i.e. (No comment on e.g.)
(Above lines adapted from Grammar Girl )
Wiktionary notes the use of trailing comma is a US vs. UK usage issue. US uses it, UK doesn't	Wiktionary article

Source Recommendation Chicago Manual of Style A comma is usually used after i.e. and e.g. Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Commas are preferable/optional after the abbreviations. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English [Editors] require a comma after the second period [in these abbreviations]. The Guide to Grammar and Writing The comma [following i.e. and e.g.] makes good sense. Lynch Guide to Grammar Both abbreviations should be followed by a comma. Fowler's Modern English Usage Commas do not usually follow i.e. (No comment on e.g.) - See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/ie-versus-eg?page=2#sthash.abWX0TNl.dpuf

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