Hello,
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From: lilypond-devel-bounces+james.lowe=datacore....@gnu.org on behalf of
Werner LEMBERG
Sent: Sat 31/07/2010 12:52
To: ralf.wildenh...@gmx.de
Cc: lilypond-devel@gnu.org
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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