From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 15:29:17 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 9C53B16A4CF for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:29:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612F343D49 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:29:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 31470 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 15:29:16 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 9 Sep 2004 15:29:16 -0000 Received: from [10.50.40.210] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i89FT93W007884; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:29:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:47:24 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040908201737.GG44674@submonkey.net> <20040908182322.L1034@wonkity.com> <20040909075121.GJ44674@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20040909075121.GJ44674@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409091047.25148.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Ceri Davies 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 15:29:17 -0000 On Thursday 09 September 2004 03:51 am, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 06:27:13PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > > 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. > > I think that would be overkill, and if we stopped doing things that we > did wrong occasionally then there wouldn't be much of FreeBSD left ;-) > > I was "just saying" really. The reason for avoiding contractions though is to avoid confusing non-native readers, and I think that that's a good argument for spelling out i.e. as "that is", and e.g. as "for example" as well unless this type of idiom is common to more than just English. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org