Re: Correct Wording for Examples

Subject: Re: Correct Wording for Examples
From: Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:10:25 -0600

Gillian McGarvey wrote:

> Is it correct that we generally shouldn't use abbreviations like "e.g."
> and "i.e." in order to avoid giving the user any extraneaous terms that
> cause the reader to process more info than they must already?

Some consider these abbreviations difficult for non-native speakers of
English to understand. They might also be a problem for translators, who
often are themselves not native speakers of English. Instead (so the
story goes), we should use their full English equivalents ("for example"
and "that is").

> And, if the answer to the above is yes, what is the correct punctuation
> for the following sentence? (pls ignore the yucky wording of the example)
> "Below admin.ini are the Group INI files which are named by the group,
> for example, staff.grp and library.grp."

This sentence should be punctuated as follows: "Below admin.ini are the
Group INI files, which are named by [delete "the"] group; for example,
staff.grp and library.grp."

Regards,
Steve
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