Excellent answers. I'm no native speaker, but hope you don't mind me adding.
Perhaps the only place where LT could *suggest* a comma after "for example" is when it begins the sentence. kb Mike Unwalla wrote thus at 02:13 AM 17-07-14: >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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
