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If you write the Latin out, use a comma and then set "id est" in italics:

He was an idiot, id est a bozo.

However, that is an unusual way to do it. More common is:

He was an idiot, i.e. a bozo.

That style of punctuation follows Merriam-Webster and the Chicago Manual of Style.

For British English, you will sometimes see these:

He was an idiot, ie a bozo.

He was an idiot, ie, a bozo.

He was an idiot, i.e., a bozo.

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