Good to know. I’m not a native English speaker. I was going for the equivalent of the German “z.B.” - “zum Beispiel”.
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GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months agoFYI, “i.e.” comes from the Latin id est, meaning “that is”.
“e.g.” means “for example”, from the Latin exempli gratia.
The meaning is a little different, though the two are often interchanged. You should use “i.e.” to clarify a singular meaning (think “in other words…”) and use “e.g.” to give one of potentially many examples.
See merriam-webster.com/…/ie-vs-eg-abbreviation-meani… for more examples and explanations.
wjrii@kbin.social 8 months ago
For English speakers, you can mentally substitute "idiom explained" and "example given" as a mnemonic to help remember the difference.
subignition@fedia.io 8 months ago
Mischief managed?
wjrii@kbin.social 7 months ago
My parenthetical seems to have mysteriously vanished!