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Subject:Re: i.e. and e.g. From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 25 Nov 1996 10:54:09 -0600
Steve Shewchuk wrote:
> I like to think of them as:
> i.e. = "innus effectus"
> e.g. = "examplus gratuitous"
> Silly, I know. But you'd be surprised how easy they are to remember that way.
I just remember that "id est" means "it is," and so e.g. must be the
other one.
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