Any comma before and after e.g. i.e.

There must be a comma before only:

Public schools, ie state free-of-charge schools in this country, are in crisis.

Uncountable nouns, eg bread, money and time, do not have plural forms.

Now, "ie" (id est) and "eg" (exampli gratia) may have a dot depending on the English variation. Americans write "i.e." and "e.g."

e.g. - exEmpli gratia that is, not exAmpli gratia - that would be the english version of the latin word "exemplum, -i.

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Dietrich Syfuss

In American English, you must use periods after each letter within the abbreviation and a comma after either of these latin abbreviations.

The following are correct:
You may choose any color you like (e.g., red, blue, and green).
I have never been to South Carolina's capital city (i.e., Columbia).

The following are NOT correct:
You may choose any color

In American English, you must use periods after each letter within the abbreviation and a comma after either of these latin abbreviations.

Also, these abbreviations should be used only inside parentheses.

The following are correct:
You may choose any color you like (e.g., red, blue, and green).
I have never been to South Carolina's capital city (i.e., Columbia).

In American English, you must use periods after each letter within the abbreviation and a comma after either of these latin abbreviations.

Also, these abbreviations should be used only inside parentheses.

The following are correct:

You may choose any color you like (e.g., red, blue, or green).

I have never been to South Carolina's capitol city (i.e., Colu

hchin do we add a comma before abbreviations like i.e. and e.g.
and do these words followed by a comma again?

American style has , e.g., and , i.e.,

Style guides do not agree on whether or not a comma should follow both these abbreviations. They do all agree that a comma precedes i.e. when the i.e. phrase occurs in a running text (i.e., not enclosed in parenthesis). 

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