Posted on 12/05/2018 12:19:28 PM PST by RoosterRedux
That said, I regularly make the mistake of using i.e. when I should use e.g. and I almost always forget the comma after using either of them.
Anyway I found this little refresher course interesting and I thought youse guys might also.
Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.
Everyone will get an A, a participation trophy, and a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book. Just in case you get frustrated with the exam, Jim Rob is preparing a safe space in a mixed gender bathroom where you can hang out.
Is i.e. a twenty-dollar word? Who’d a thunk it?
The only time I use "ie" is when I am being sarcastic and condescending, then I also write it completely out for added effect with appropriate accent, eg - "...in OTHER WORDS,..."
“nullum cerebrum” no brainer.
“Is i.e. a twenty-dollar word? Whod a thunk it?”
me, e.g., and i.e., myself.
eg =e.g.
Thats all I need is the punctuation police showing up.
et cetera.
Gasp, shades of my Latin classes back at Catholic High School. I enjoyed Latin. It seemed a bit more logical than my other HS language - French. (And I’m of French background.) Please, please don’t beat me...I don’t have any white flags.
“Thats all I need is the punctuation police showing up.”
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You left out the apostrophe. :-)
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You’re trying to educate a generation of folks that thinks they are saving time by abbreviating the word “people.”
I am also the decoy that leaves early from the bar to distract the cops.........
I always remembered E.G. mnemonically : for EGzample
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Q.E.D.
Bookmark.
I.e. = that is.
E.a. = such as.
When did these Latin terms change meaning?
In 10th grade Latin III clas I bungled a translation. When my teacher asked me to elaborate I said Nescio, tructa sum.
He had a good laugh.
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