RE: Typos in English manual

[James Lowe]

Hello,


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From: address@hidden on behalf of Werner LEMBERG
Sent: Sat 31/07/2010 12:52
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Subject: Re: Typos in English manual

>>
>> - Do you prefer 'e.g.' over 'eg.' and 'i.e.' over 'ie.', and what
>> about 'with respect to' over 'wrt.' or 'w.r.t.' or 'wrt'?  FWIW, I
>>  prefer the first alternative in each case, but can adjust as
>>  requested.

> Always the first alternative.

I have pushed a patch to clear up the remaining 'i.e.' changes. There were a 
few 'ie' and 'ie.'.

>> - Do you prefer or require (or even dislike) comma rather than space
>>   after 'e.g.' or 'i.e.'?  Different style manuals have varying opinion
>>   on this subject, and some people only add comma in some situations.

> Normally, we use a comma.  I think this is lacking in our style guide,
> however.

Actually I am not sure that 'i.e.,' is necessary. 'i.e,' is not correct, so 
'i.e.' without a comma is fine as far as I know.

James


    Werner

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