On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:14:31 +0200, you wrote:

>One of the "nice" things about English is that there is often never an
>"always." See http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx for a
>discussion.

Well, that page pretty much confirms what I said. In AMERICAN English,
they're always followed by commas. The two sources mentioned on that
page that suggest omitting the commas (Fowler's and Oxrford) are both
based on UK English.

-Steve
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