Re^2: End of sentence regex excluding " i.e." and " e.g."

e.g. and i.e. should always be followed by a comma

Did you actually read the document you linked to? It clearly says:

Style guides do not agree on whether or not a comma should follow both these abbreviations ... The consensus seems to be in favor of the comma in American usage; against it in British usage.

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Re^3: End of sentence regex excluding " i.e." and " e.g." by kennethk (Abbot) on Feb 06, 2017 at 18:27 UTC
Which is why I opened with a pedantic warning. It's true I was assuming he was parsing American English. And that's also why I gave a link, and not just my comment. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]


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