> but i.e. means 'that is'.
I know that. otoh, perhaps my memory is incorrect. I don't have the
original reference any more (too many books). But Fowler's got only
an example w/o the comma (though Fowler's British, which is a different
bias than mine). I'll probably take the commas off, now that I've had
to consider it...
> I have a green car, i.e. an Emerald Mica Miata.
>
> Is it really proper to say:
>
> I have a green car, that is, an Emerald Mica Miata.
> ???
>
> Sure seems like a comma is misplaced there. If this really is the proper
> way, it sounds like one of the few rules I will purposefully break. The most
> obvious one I don't follow is putting punctuation within quotes. Obviously I'm
> thinking like a programmer and don't want the damn punctuation in the quotes.
depends on what the punctuation is (I also prefer most of it outside, where
it can be parsed properly ;-)
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