How to correctly type "-i.e." in LaTeX?

[Haorong Wu]

Last year, I submitted a manuscript to PRD. I noticed that all ",i.e.," are modified into "-i.e.," by the editor.

Therefore, in my recent manuscript, I typed "---i.e.," in LaTeX. However, all the "-i.e.," are modified again into "-i.e.," by the editor. I could not distinguish the difference between them.

So, how should I correctly type "-i.e.," in LaTeX? Thanks.

 

[mcastillo356]

Do you mean "Id est"? What software are you using?
Anyhow, at PF it is not needed LaTeX to type ie; but in case you needed, it should be four #, and ie in the middle; ie, $ie$..
Hope it helps.

 

[DaveE]

\text{,i.e.,} is one way, which looks like this:
$\text{,i.e.,}$

or did you want $\text{-i.e.,}$? Your post was a bit confusing about that.