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.
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To: RoosterRedux
Will we be graded on this? 🙀
2 posted on
12/05/2018 12:24:36 PM PST by
rktman
( #My2nd! Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH)
To: RoosterRedux
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.
3 posted on
12/05/2018 12:26:05 PM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
To: RoosterRedux
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,..."
6 posted on
12/05/2018 12:32:24 PM PST by
Delta 21
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“nullum cerebrum” no brainer.
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10 posted on
12/05/2018 12:34:18 PM PST by
Pelham
(Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
To: RoosterRedux
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.
To: RoosterRedux
You’re trying to educate a generation of folks that thinks they are saving time by abbreviating the word “people.”
To: RoosterRedux
I always remembered E.G. mnemonically : for EGzample
15 posted on
12/05/2018 12:40:25 PM PST by
z3n
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16 posted on
12/05/2018 12:40:30 PM PST by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.,)
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I.e. = that is.
E.a. = such as.
When did these Latin terms change meaning?
To: RoosterRedux
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.
20 posted on
12/05/2018 12:44:15 PM PST by
Mikey_1962
("Good people do not need laws, bad people will find a way around them" Plato)
To: RoosterRedux
“I.e. stands for id est, which means in other words.”
No, id est translates to “that is”.
21 posted on
12/05/2018 12:44:38 PM PST by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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27 posted on
12/05/2018 1:00:48 PM PST by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: RoosterRedux
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.)
28 posted on
12/05/2018 1:01:16 PM PST by
Seaplaner
(Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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I can’t read or write anyway.
30 posted on
12/05/2018 1:02:26 PM PST by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man.)
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31 posted on
12/05/2018 1:03:38 PM PST by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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