dodwell  +  108929 Wed, 15 Jun 05 02:13 AM Do I need a comma between the and and or in the following sentence? "It works with various register configurations, ie., with or without touch screen, variety of keyboard and or mouse options etc., and supports a wide range of...." Please help. Thanks! dodwell Joined on Wed, Jun 15 2005 New Member 13 Commas

	MrPedantic  +  108992 Wed, 15 Jun 05 07:58 AM Hello Dodwell, welcome to English Forums! I would punctuate your sentence as follows: "It works with various register configurations – e.g. with or without a touch screen, with a variety of keyboard and/or mouse options, etc. – and supports a wide range of..." (I think it would be 'e.g.' rather than 'i.e.' here, unless the list includes all possible configurations. You don't need a comma after 'i.e.'/'e.g.'; and if you're using 'ie' or 'eg' rather than 'i.e.' or 'e.g.', you don't need a full stop after it.) See you, MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Commas

	dodwell  +  109200 Wed, 15 Jun 05 05:33 PM Thank you so much MrP for helping me out. I really appreciate it! I tried to click the box below, but it would let me. I found this very helpful. Thanks! One more question....what if I wanted to take out the eg and use for example instead? How would that work into the sentence? dodwell Commas

	MrPedantic  +  109261 Wed, 15 Jun 05 11:15 PM You're welcome, Dodwell! You could use 'for example' as follows: "It works with various register configurations – for example, with or without a touch screen, with a variety of keyboard and/or mouse options, etc. – and supports a wide range of..." Bye MrP MrPedantic Commas

	MrPedantic  +  109274 Wed, 15 Jun 05 11:36 PM It was my pleasure! MrP MrPedantic