From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 00:27:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364B716A4CE; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 00:27:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF2343D54; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 00:27:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i890RDp4001053; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:27:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id i890RDXc001050; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:27:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 18:27:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Ceri Davies In-Reply-To: <20040908201737.GG44674@submonkey.net> Message-ID: <20040908182322.L1034@wonkity.com> References: <20040908201737.GG44674@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 08 Sep 2004 18:27:13 -0600 (MDT) cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i.e. vs. e.g. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:27:15 -0000 On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Ceri Davies wrote: > Apologies in advance for coming over all schoolmaster like, but I've > noticed a few instances where I believe that people are confusing the > terms "i.e." and "e.g.", and so here's a little reminder/summary: > > i.e. can be read as "that is to say". > > e.g. can be read as "for example". The FDP says to avoid contractions. Maybe these should be avoided in the same way. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA