contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoA cool guide to the Latin your supervisor uses…i.redd.itimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
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minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoHere’s a couple mnemonics to help you remember which one to use: i.e. = translate this in your head to “in etherwords” e.g. = translate this in your head to “example given”
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoI just read “e.g.” as “for egxample”, and “i.e.” as “that is”
minus-squareyimby@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoi.e. as “in effect” is even easier
Here’s a couple mnemonics to help you remember which one to use:
I just read “e.g.” as “for egxample”, and “i.e.” as “that is”
i.e. as “in effect” is even easier