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== Italics and abbreviations ==
== Italics and abbreviations ==
The periods go '''inside'''; they're part of the abbreviation.


The comma goes '''outside'''; it's not part of the abbreviation.
Periods '''inside'''; they're part of the abbreviation.
 
Comma '''outside'''; it's not part of the abbreviation.
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   be maintained without material fluctuations,
   if the greatest economy is to be
   attained. Exploitation, <i>i.e.</i>, development

Italics and abbreviations

Periods inside; they're part of the abbreviation.

Comma outside; it's not part of the abbreviation.