<br>On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 18:35, Steve Schafer wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 17:14:31 +0200, Sean Leather wrote:<br>
>One of the "nice" things about English is that there is often never an<br>
>"always." See <a href="http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx" target="_blank">http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx</a> for a<br>
>discussion.<br>
<br>
</div>Well, that page pretty much confirms what I said. In AMERICAN English,<br>
they're always followed by commas. The two sources mentioned on that<br>
page that suggest omitting the commas (Fowler's and Oxrford) are both<br>
based on UK English.<br></blockquote><div><br>And yet most of the other manuals describe the rule as "<font color="#000000">usually," "</font><font color="#000000">preferable/optional</font>," and "<font color="#000000">makes good sense." That refutes your claim that "</font>they're always followed by commas." ;)<br>
<font color="#000000"><br>Sean<br></font> </div></div>