On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 18:35, Steve Schafer wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:14:31 +0200, Sean Leather 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. >
And yet most of the other manuals describe the rule as "usually," " preferable/optional," and "makes good sense." That refutes your claim that "they're always followed by commas." ;) Sean
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