Open dbwiddis opened 2 years ago
The reason it removes them is that you normally cannot 'legally' have a comma after a period in English (the general double punctuation rule); that i.e.
and e.g.
are succeeded by commas is a very specific exception. It's further complicated by American English vs British English differing here on the rules (Am English requires it for the most part, British English says don't use it).
Adding bug tag because I do agree that, while it's OK to not require them, it shouldn't forcibly remove them, either.
Grammar style guides for
e.g.
(exempli gratia) andi.e.
(id est) generally state that a comma should be expected after them.For example, Grammarly states:
The AP style guide requires the commas:
Presently, Magic™ Editor not only does not require the commas, it actively removes them. While I'm generally okay with not requiring they be added if they aren't already there, removing them is a bug.