[RoosterRedux]

Like most Freepers, I write a lot and I hate to make mistakes.

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.

[rktman]

Will we be graded on this? 🙀

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Probably better for clearer writing to not use them at all. Similar to what it says in The Elements of Style;

Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.

[Delta 21]

I just spell like I talk so when I need to make an example I just say, "for example", and write or type it out.

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,..."

[John Locke]

“nullum cerebrum” no brainer.

[Pelham]

et cetera.

[Da Coyote]

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.

[Larry Lucido]

You’re trying to educate a generation of folks that thinks they are saving time by abbreviating the word “people.”

[z3n]

I always remembered E.G. mnemonically : for EGzample

[right way right]

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[kaehurowing]

Q.E.D.

[Inyo-Mono]

Bookmark.

[Real Cynic No More]

I.e. = that is.

E.a. = such as.

When did these Latin terms change meaning?

[Mikey_1962]

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.

[DesertRhino]

“I.e. stands for “id est,” which means “in other words.””

No, id est translates to “that is”.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I LIKE it!

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Seaplaner]

Thanks for posting this, as the terms are often confused.

I always think of i.e. as replacing "that is to say"; and e.g. as meaning "for example".

It's important that we freepers use well grammar.

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(Yes, I'm only kidding in the last sentence.)

[Bullish]

I can’t read or write anyway.

[ConservativeMind]

Good article!

[cuban leaf]

Meh. This is all covered in Get Shorty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHSAml1BAR4

:-D