Nightmares of high school english teachers rear their ugly heads.


e.g.: An abbreviation for exempli gratia [Latin, for the sake of an example]. Meaning: "for example"

i.e.: An abbreviation of id est [Latin, that is]. Meaning, "in other words"

Example:

Someone ate all the fruit, e.g., the bananas, peaches and pears.

Someone ate all the fruit, i.e., I scarfed it down like no tomorrow.

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