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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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On the use of "by" and on the use of commas
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00 while reading the proof of a manuscript, I noticed that the journal proofreader made a few changes I do not really understand. Therefore I would be grateful if you could enlighten me on the following: 02 br
00 1) By using the hypotheses of this theorem, we will prove that... 02 br
00 Is "by" really necessary? Is it incorrect "Using the hypotheses of ..."? 02 br
00 2) We will prove the main theorem by means of the xxx construction 01 i 00 i.e. 02 i 00 , we will start from .... 02 br
00 I always put the comma before i.e. - hence immediately after construction in the above example - or before words such as "namely". Conversely the proofreader always moved the comma after 01 i 00 i.e. 02 i 00 or after namely. Is is really correct? 02 br
00 I thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and opinions with me 0-
00 while reading the proof of a manuscript, I noticed that the journal proofreader made a few changes I do not really understand. Therefore I would be grateful if you could enlighten me on the following: 02 br
00 1) By using the hypotheses of this theorem, we will prove that... 02 br
00 Is "by" really necessary? Is it incorrect "Using the hypotheses of ..."? 02 br
00 2) We will prove the main theorem by means of the xxx construction 01 i 00 i.e. 02 i 00 , we will start from .... 02 br
00 I always put the comma before i.e. - hence immediately after construction in the above example - or before words such as "namely". Conversely the proofreader always moved the comma after 01 i 00 i.e. 02 i 00 or after namely. Is is really correct? 02 br
00 I thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and opinions with me 0-
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g 02 i 02 b 00 . 0-
- g 02 i 02 b 00 .
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00 1-- No, I don't see that 01 b 01 i 00 by 02 i 02 b 00 is necessary. 02 br
00 2-- Style guides can vary somewhat, but according to mine, 01 b 01 i 00 namely, that is, for example, i.e. 02 i 02 b 00 and 01 b 01 i 00 e.g 02 i 02 b 00 . are all 01 u 00 followed 02 u 00 b
00 1-- No, I don't see that 01 b 01 i 00 by 02 i 02 b 00 is necessary. 02 br
00 2-- Style guides can vary somewhat, but according to mine, 01 b 01 i 00 namely, that is, for example, i.e. 02 i 02 b 00 and 01 b 01 i 00 e.g 02 i 02 b 00 . are all 01 u 00 followed 02 u 00 b
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