{"id":9404,"date":"2020-11-18T23:12:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9404"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:11:02","slug":"comma-after-e-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-e-g\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma after \u201ce.g.\u201c: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcenter.unc.edu\/tips-and-tools\/latin-terms-and-abbreviations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Latin abbreviations<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as &ldquo;i.e.&rdquo;, &ldquo;et al.&rdquo;, and &ldquo;e.g.&rdquo;, stand for?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, have you been punctuating them properly?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If so, then that means you&rsquo;re saving grammar pedants from having either a stroke or cardiac arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>So<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, whether you&rsquo;re mentally reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;exempli gratia&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or simply as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;egg sample&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as most normal people do, this post is for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Do we need a comma after &ldquo;e.g.&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In favor of American English, style guides such as the American Psychological Association, Associated Press Stylebook, and Chicago Manual of Style, concur on using a comma after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas, British English guidelines such as the University of Oxford S and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the University of Cambridge S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tyle Guides<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are more lenient for allowing the comma omission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the non-consensus of the post-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma placement\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma placement<\/a>, all style guides agree with the statutory comma before <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instead, especially when it appears in a running text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma after &ldquo;e.g.&rdquo; in more detail<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before drilling more deeply into what each style guide suggests regarding comma usage, it is vital to understand that there is no single correct way here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The writer&rsquo;s consistency either in its usage or non-usage throughout the text is more important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although we hardly notice the remnants of old languages, they are interestingly everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\"><b>albeit <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dead as a doornail, had been able to pass on some of its heirlooms to the modern-day English, particularly in abbreviations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-abbreviations\/\"><b>abbreviation<\/b><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stands for the phrase <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exempli gratia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which roughly translates into &ldquo;for the sake of example&rdquo; or &ldquo;for example&rdquo; in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is commonly mistaken as to its fraternal twin <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">i.e. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">id est, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when in fact,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the latter translates to &ldquo;that is&rdquo; or &ldquo;in other words&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, the former is used to refine a general statement while the latter is used to list a few items in short words or phrases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section outlines some existing guidelines for comma placement after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in both American and British English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9409\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png\" alt=\"Comma After E.G.: The Definitive Guide\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-561x842.png 561w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-364x546.png 364w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-728x1092.png 728w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-608x912.png 608w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-758x1137.png 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9409 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma After E.G.: The Definitive Guide\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-561x842.png 561w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-364x546.png 364w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-728x1092.png 728w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-608x912.png 608w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-E.G.-1-758x1137.png 758w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>APA Style<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The APA (American Psychological Association) writing manual is considered as the holy scripture in writing scholarly articles primarily within the fields of social and behavioral sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other areas of discipline such as engineering, architecture, communications, and education also adhere to this writing style guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in the late 1800s at Clark University, G. Stanley Hall led a small masculine group of thirty-one members during the organization&rsquo;s larval years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Half a century later, the Second World War induced the reorganization of APA leaders which resulted in the sprawl of its members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As war servicemen returned to the USA, the necessity of applied psychology and other social sciences incessantly increased as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More veterans needed psychological health services which also gave birth to post-war legislative programs, such as the Servicemen&rsquo;s Readjusted Act of 1944, a.k.a. G.I. Bill of Rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the APA has released its seventh manual edition which stipulates several notable changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These include alterations in the referencing format, bias-free language use, and text fonts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the mandatory <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b>comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rule after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has remained the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous studies (e.g., Strout, 2013; Pearsons, 2014; Miller &amp; Williams, 2015) have demonstrated similar results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-except-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>exceptions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be observed, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The APA suggests using the abbreviation <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inside the parentheses only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that the complete phrase &ldquo;for example&rdquo; has to be written in the running text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous studies, for example, Strout (2013), Pearsons (2014), and&nbsp; Miller &amp; Williams (2015) have demonstrated similar results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bibliographical review of Khan et al. (2020) states that the major contributors in the fields of psychology and marketing are American institutions, together with other leading sources, for example, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Journal of Consumer Research and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\">Albeit<\/a><\/strong> utterly common in academic papers, the second example above seems quite crowded, thereby making the parenthetical list (with the abbreviated <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g.) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a better option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the usage of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">implies that the writer has chosen a few items to list even though there are more examples available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we have to avoid using the &ldquo;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etc.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&rdquo; (and so on) at the end of the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In connection with the implicit meaning of writing a few examples, one to three words or short phrases are advisable to be included in the list rather than clauses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>AP Style<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less formal than the APA, the Associated Press Stylebook is a manual followed by media writers or journalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AP organization was founded in New York back in the mid-1800s, which is about half a century older than the APA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its main mission is to deliver accurate news following ethical considerations to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After WW2, the invention of typewriters and other printing devices led AP to offer faster news transmissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At present, the organization<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">boasts of having won numerous Pulitzer Prizes and photojournalism awards, and thus making it a reputed writing style guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 55th edition of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apstylebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AP Stylebook<\/a><\/strong> has been released this year as well which includes some revised chapter entries in media law, online polls and surveys, and punctuations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the mandatory comma rule after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g., <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AP Style supports its placement as well, either inside or outside the parentheses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Associated Press strongly recommends some important<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing factors (e.g., consistency, accuracy and brevity).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Associated Press strongly recommends some important<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing factors, e.g., consistency, accuracy and brevity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/\"><b>Although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the post-<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comma is statutory, the serial (Oxford) comma may be omitted in a simple series but not in a complex one, as demonstrated in the above examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>CMS Style<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the APA is mainly used in social sciences and the AP in journalism, the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS or CMS) is followed in the areas of business, arts, and history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-usage-in-particular\/#In_particular_as_an_adverbial_connector\"><b>In particular<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the CMS is mainly used as a reference by book publishers, editors, authors, copywriters, and proofreaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in 1906, the first book from the Chicago Press was published which only began as a style sheet and later grew into a pamphlet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To date, the organization has released seventeen manual editions, with the last one released in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In favor of the two previous style guides elaborated, the CMS <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stipulates that a comma should come after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to offset its usage as an introductory element.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jane has collected some of Jefferey Deaver&rsquo;s novels &#19968; e.g., The Bone Collector, The Vanished Man, and The Garden of Beasts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/\"><b>However<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the manual further states that abbreviations used for listing purposes should be parenthetically written <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-instead\/\"><b>instead<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of including it in the running text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>British English<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British English relatively has more leniency towards abbreviations and punctuations compared to American English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two of the most esteemed universities in the UK such as Cambridge and Oxford recommend not placing commas after <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e.g.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They don&rsquo;t even require periods after &ldquo;e&rdquo; and &ldquo;g&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, sorry, I mean to say full stops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She loves gut-wrenching activities (eg skydiving, bungee jumping, deep-sea diving).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She loves gut-wrenching activities, eg skydiving, bungee jumping, deep-sea diving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Cambridge, abbreviations need to be spelled out when appearing in texts for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university further suggests attaching a glossary particularly<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-with\/\"><b> with <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;lengthy texts for easier and faster comprehension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oxford University, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-meanwhile\/\"><b>meanwhile<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is quite keen on using bold fonts sparingly unless emphasizing transcribed speeches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italicizing distinct words, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially book and journal titles, films,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and musical works, is also further recommended by the university.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have always loved Damian Marley&rsquo;s albums (eg <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halfway Tree<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superheavy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distant Relatives<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have always loved Damian Marley&rsquo;s albums, eg <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halfway Tree<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superheavy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distant Relatives<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these more permissive rules, we can deduce that the readability of texts is given more importance in the British writing style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Deciding between American and British comma rule<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As disclaimed in the earlier section,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this decision is upon the writer&rsquo;s discretion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, knowing the governing rules stipulated in various style guides would definitely make writing more efficient and flexible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But since studying numerous formats is undeniably taxing, then leaning to one specific style would also save a lot of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that when writing scholarly articles related to social and behavioral sciences, the APA format is recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If one&rsquo;s career goals lean towards journalism, then the AP format is advisable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In gearing towards literary writing and editing, the CMS would be the best option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American style guides generally aim for writing accuracy and clarity by adhering to more stringent punctuation rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-whereas\/\"><b>Whereas<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the British writing style leans more on text readability and writing convenience by using relatively fewer punctuation marks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, text consistency is, again, should be of utmost priority.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what Latin abbreviations such as &ldquo;i.e.&rdquo;, &ldquo;et al.&rdquo;, and &ldquo;e.g.&rdquo;, stand for? And, have you been punctuating them properly? If so, then that means you&rsquo;re saving grammar pedants from having either a stroke or cardiac arrest. 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