Chris Pepper wrote: > Joshua Slive wrote: >> 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. > > I have seen it consistently italicized in print, presumably > because it's a non-English import, and I typically see untranslated > words italicized. I don't use <i> because back in the Before Time, > there was much ranting and gnashing of teeth over presentational > markup, and I got in the habit of <strong> & <em> instead of <b> & <i>. > > http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx > > I hope to do some more review on that doc (all 3 versions) > tonight, and will back out the <em>s soon. > Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (OUP) states "use roman (without quotation marks) for: ... all the commonest short abbrevations: ... cf., ... e.g., .. i.e., ... "
-- Andrew Ford South Wing Compton House, Compton Green, Redmarley, Gloucestershire, GL19 3JB, UK Tel: +44 1531 829900 Mobile: +44 7785 258278 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
begin:vcard fn:Andrew Ford n:Ford;Andrew adr:Compton Green, Redmarley;;South Wing Compton House;Gloucester;Glos;GL19 3JB;UK email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:+44 1452 627068 tel;home:+44 1531 829909 tel;cell:+44 7785 258278 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
