ani@endlesstalk.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoWhat word do you always forget?message-squaremessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 months agoWhen to use “i.e.” versus “e.g.”. I have to think through the full Latin phrases every time.
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoMy mnemonic is “for eggsample.”
minus-squarequotheraven404@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoI use “in essence” for i.e.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI do, too, but that’s remembering, not forgetting.
When to use “i.e.” versus “e.g.”. I have to think through the full Latin phrases every time.
My mnemonic is “for eggsample.”
I use “in essence” for i.e.
Example given
I do, too, but that’s remembering, not forgetting.