On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Nick Kew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:29:36 -0400
>  Chris Pepper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  > Vincent Bray wrote:
>  > > On 17/04/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > >>  +    situation, <em>e.g.,</em> adding the <code>[PT]</code> flag
>  > >> if
>  > >
>  > > Why emphasise "e.g." throughout this patch? I don't see how that's
>  > > correct or useful.
>  >
>  >       Because it's normally italicized in English.
>
>  Really?  Not IME.

Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usage suggests it should be unitalicized.

Joshua.

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