Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers

[Peter Humphrey]

On Thursday, 1 February 2018 18:12:07 GMT Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
wrote:
> > I've been seeing some confusion recently about the abbreviations e.g.
> > and
> > i.e. Their meanings are:
> >
> > E.g.            Exempli gratia  - Latin for "for the sake of example";
> > I.e.            Id est                  - Latin for "that is".
>
> Well, as long as we're explaining grammar, I'll elaborate a tiny bit
> more since a lot of people (including native English speakers) get
> these wrong.
>
> e.g is used when giving one example when many could have used.

Could have used ... what?

You're just repeating the definition of "example".

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Regards,
Peter.