[projectaon] Re: Comment Period for Lone Wolf 1-7

  • From: Ingo Kloecker <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:10:12 +0200

Hi,

On Wednesday 21 September 2011, Benjamin I Krefetz wrote:
> I don't know why I've never noticed this before, but why aren't we
> placing commas after "e.g." and "i.e."?  I looked for a definitive
> ruling in the Manual of Style, but there's no mention either way.

I did a quick check of all books. "e.g." and "i.e." are never followed 
by a comma. I think that pretty much answers the question. Why come up 
with a definitive rule for something which, de facto, is already 
standardized in the books?


Regards,
Ingo


> On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Jonathan Blake wrote:
> > Let's get started with the comment period for Lone Wolf 1-7. It's a
> > little odd starting it in the middle of the week, but I think we'll
> > be OK. :)
> > 
> > Over the next week (ending Tuesday, 27 Sep), please review the
> > books in any way that you think would help and report back, even
> > if it's to say that they look good. The more the merrier. Since
> > we're doing seven this week, I figure it's easy to split up the
> > task and do one per day.
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/01fftd/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/01fftd.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/01fftd/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/02fotw/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/02fotw.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/02fotw/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/03tcok/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/03tcok.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/03tcok/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/04tcod/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/04tcod.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/04tcod/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/05sots/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/05sots.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/05sots/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/06tkot/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/06tkot.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/06tkot/title
> > .htm
> > 
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/07cd/title.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-simple/lw/07cd.htm
> > http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml-less-simple/lw/07cd/title.h
> > tm
> > 
> > And here are the diffs that I promised:
> > 
> > http://projectaon.org/staff/jonathan/diffs/
> > 
> > Thanks for everyone's hard work.
> > 
> > --
> > Jon
> > 
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