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Is there a standard for e.g vs eg?

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Reply with quote A senior manager has asked that our website be changed to meet new House Style conventions. I am trying to discern whether any of them create any accessibility issues.

The one I am struggling with is changing ‘e.g.’ to ‘eg’. Does anyone know if there are any guidelines associated with abbreviations, specifically ‘e.g.’ that we need to consider? I know we can add abbr but is there any other guidance? Searching for eg and e.g. just gives you all the examples in a document/web page!
Reply with quote I don’t think I’d use abbr for “e.g.” because it is commonly understood in its own right and commonly said in spoken language too.

I’m not sure how different screen readers would read the two versions but I’d say there could be a risk that eg would be pronounced “egg” which could be confusing.

James Coltham – NHS web content manager by day, web and accessibility blogger at lunchtime, freelancer by night. Tweets at @prettysimple.
Reply with quote Thank you, James. Yes, egg was my concern too Confused . I’m going to do some Jaws testing today and see what comes out.

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