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Re: [Nano-devel] saving a line, and punctuating i.e.
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Nick Warne |
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Re: [Nano-devel] saving a line, and punctuating i.e. |
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Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:46:14 +0100 |
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On Friday 28 July 2006 21:54, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Nick Warne wrote:
> > Remembering i.e. means 'for instance',
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> To be precise: "i.e." means "that is" and "e.g." means "for
> instance".
Oh no.
i.e. id est (Latin), == that is, or that is to say (for instance).
e.g. exempli gratia (Latin), == for example.
i.e., don't mess with grammar in e-mail:
e.g.
> To be precise: "i.e." means "that is" and "e.g." means "for
> instance".
is wrong.
Nick ;-)
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