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Re: lynx-dev i.e. nits


From: T.E.Dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev i.e. nits
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 09:09:00 -0500 (EST)

> 
> In noticed Tom seems to replace all (or many?) occurrences of "i.e." 
> with "i.e.," in some automated fashion.  This doesn't seem right to 
> me, in general.  Possibly similar for "e.g.".  Why not just leave 
> them alone as whoever wrote them wrote them. 

It's one of those things that I was taught a long time ago as proper usage.
 
> And then there are occurrences of "i.e. " being replaced by "i.e.  ", 
> i.e. the dot is treaded like the end of a sentence... 
>  
>    Klaus 
>  


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