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From: amigo@iwpba.UUCP (amigo)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.nlang,net.flame
Subject: Re: misused abbreviations, e.g. "i.e."
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Date: Fri, 11-May-84 09:15:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 11 09:15:04 1984
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>>	e.g. :  exemplia gratia (sp.?) - I hve no idea what the literal 
>>	latin is.

"For example" is a good enough translation of "examplia gratia".  
"Giving an example" is a literal one.

			John Hobson
			AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL
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