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Old 09-14-2006, 10:04 PM
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Originally posted by Roderick Usher
e.g. stands for the Latin "exempli gratia" which translates directly to "for the sake of example."

i.e. is, you guessed it, Latin again this one stands for "id est" which is literally "that is."

e.g. is "for example"
i.e. is "in other words"
Cool! I never knew what they meant. I thought i.e. stood for "in example", so I've been using the wrong one all these years. :eek:
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