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From: gam@proper.UUCP (Gordon Moffett)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.nlang,net.flame
Subject: Re: misused abbreviations, e.g. "i.e."
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 16:42:53 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 16:42:53 1984
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e.g. = "exempli gratia" which Webster defines as "for the sake of example"

Thank you for pointing out the usage of i.e. and e.g. -- they are
useful abbreviations that ought not be confused.