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Latin (1)	Nov 7, 2006
I always get confused when using common Latin phrases and abbreviations, and in the interest of not appearing to be an idiot, I make an attempt at looking them up in order to use them correctly. Here are a few from AccessAbility SIG of the Society for Technical Communication: i.e. - id est - that is e.g. - exempli gratia - for example; for instance etc. - et cetera - and so on; and other people/things #language

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#1	Rich	Nov 7, 2006
	I've always misused i.e. and e.g. so I'm glad you cleared this up. So if I'm reading above correctly, then one would use i.e. to clarify meaning, i.e. to provide a definition. On the other hand e.g. would be used when providing an illustrative example, e.g. in the case of supporting some scientific conclusion from an experimental data set. I know I'm a dork, but hey, use it in a sentence; make it your own!