Monday, December 14, 2009

e.g. i.e.

i.e. means "that is." from the origin is "id est."

e.g. means "for example." from the origin "exempli gratia."

In American English, generally follow i.e. and e.g. with a comma.

Random: Roman Numerals has no representation for zero, since they could not see the logic in counting things that you do not have. That might be why Arabians (with a Arabian number system that include a representation for zero) are stereotyped as rich and greedy, rather than Romans...

per se: another commonly misspelled Latin phrase used in English arguments for "by itself" or "by themselves".

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