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From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.nlang,net.flame
Subject: misused abbreviations, e.g. "i.e."
Message-ID: <3264@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-May-84 15:55:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: fortune.3264
Posted: Wed May  9 15:55:30 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 10-May-84 00:11:41 EDT
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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[What about bush babies?]

	The most common error I see on the net is the misuse of
    "i.e." (id est), which should only be used in the sense of
    "that is", not "for example".  The abbreviation to use for
    "for example" is e.g. (I'm not sure for which Latin phrase it
    stands).

		A tame flame from the man with no cute signoff,

						-Glenn