From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 15:57:44 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 5365416A4CE; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:57:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.67.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE4C343D55; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:57:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.42 (FreeBSD)) id 1C5RIs-0005MG-FM; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:57:42 +0100 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:57:42 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20040909155742.GL44674@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , John Baldwin , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, Warren Block References: <20040908201737.GG44674@submonkey.net> <20040908182322.L1034@wonkity.com> <20040909075121.GJ44674@submonkey.net> <200409091047.25148.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="U3s59FfKcByyGl+j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409091047.25148.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-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 15:57:44 -0000 --U3s59FfKcByyGl+j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 10:47:24AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > 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. >=20 > The reason for avoiding contractions though is to avoid confusing non-nat= ive=20 > readers, and I think that that's a good argument for spelling out i.e. as= =20 > "that is", and e.g. as "for example" as well unless this type of idiom is= =20 > common to more than just English. There's no need to stop using these parts of the language just because people sometimes use them incorrectly. Non-native speakers who have never seen these terms before will have bigger problems. Ceri --=20 It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin. I am a robot. --U3s59FfKcByyGl+j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBQH12ocfcwTS3JF8RAi6uAJ0U7GO7AY38wF1gWqN8Nx6oFka1ewCfSnMv EMZy8B5+O+rh+MIHUVvcTeM= =dxrz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U3s59FfKcByyGl+j--