I agree that 'for example' does not have to be followed by a comma. Sometimes, 'for example' is at the end of a sentence.
You can write this, for example. Regards, Mike Unwalla Contact: www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/contact.htm -----Original Message----- From: Robin Dunn [mailto:rd...@iparadigms.com] Sent: 16 July 2014 17:35 To: development discussion for LanguageTool Subject: Re: help with English style rules Hi, I am a native English speaker and I agree with the answer at the following link which advises 'for example' does not always have to be followed by a comma. http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/132359/any-exception-with-commas-before-and-after-for-example >From the link here's an example of a valid case where a comma is not required >after 'for example': "While it is common practice to do recalibration between trials, for example in reading research, this is not always possible or feasible." I'm not aware of a complete comprehensive English grammar guide which is freely available online but I think english.stackexchange.com is an excellent resource for these kinds of questions. Regards Robin On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Daniel Naber <daniel.na...@languagetool.org> wrote: Hi, someone suggests that "for example" should always be followed by a comma: https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/issues/136 My question to the English native speakers: 1.) Do you agree with this? 2.) Is there an established style guide that we can use as a reference for questions like these? If possible, it should be available on the internet for free, and it should also be comprehensive enough to answer most questions. Regards Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel
