On the sports front, the one that gets me regards "fair catch." "Number 85 calls for a fair catch on the 40 yard line." Fine. "Number 85
fair caught the ball on the 40 yard line." Sonnuvagoddambitchahachchchchchchchchdch!
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Originally Posted by JackInDaCrak
As far as putting punctuation outside of quotation marks, it's widely used in the practice of law, i.e.:
For purposes of Colo. Rev. Stat. 19-1-103(65.3) the child does not meet the definition of "indian child".
This is an improper usage of "i.e." "I.e." is short for "id est," which means "that is." This is used, for example, to clarify your previous statement. Here, you're giving an example, not clarifying. The proper Latin abbreviation to use is "e.g.," which is short for "exempli gratia," meaning "for the sake of example."