Academic English 2/2

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Punctuation after quotations

" In American English (and in some cases for British English), punctuation following a bit of quoted text is traditionally placed inside...

Serial commas

" In Britain and some other less-enlightened countries, the comma is often omitted before an 'and' in a list. For instance, they will...

Commas after "i.e." and "e.g."

" Many grammar books state that a comma is always required after "i.e." and "e.g." used in a sentence, as in "sentences often contain...