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	i.e. is not equivalent to e.g.

spc0000

5-16-2007 9:24 PM

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6-2-2007 12:24 PM

Nikk1

Thanks. Many people don't know the difference

6-2-2007 12:33 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/27cd984f-84b2-4459-8f0a-69c5bdd66a4d/4ECA928D-35BB-40D2-8B31-2D27BC556347/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29&oldid=129205649" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29&oldid=129205649" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29&oldid=129205649"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD><B>exempli gratia <SMALL>(e.g.)</SMALL></B></TD><TD>"for the sake of example"</TD><TD>Usually shortened in English to "for example" (see <A title="Citation signal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_signal">citation signal</A>). Often confused with <I>id est</I> <SMALL>(i.e.)</SMALL><SPAN id="ref_egie" class="reference plainlinksneverexpand"><SUP><A rel="nofollow" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egie" class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egie">[2]</A></SUP></SPAN>; <I>see also: <A title="E.g. vs. i.e." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.g._vs._i.e.">e.g. vs. i.e.</A></I>.
<P><I>Exempli gratia</I>, i.e., "for example", is commonly abbreviated "e.g."; in this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.<SPAN id="ref_egiecomma" class="reference plainlinksneverexpand"><SUP><A rel="nofollow" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egiecomma" class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egiecomma">[3]</A></SUP></SPAN></p> </TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29&oldid=129205649"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD><B>id est <SMALL>(i.e.)</SMALL></B></TD><TD>"that is"</TD><TD>"That is (to say)", "in other words", or sometimes "in this case", depending on the context. Never equivalent to <I>exempli gratia</I> <SMALL>(e.g.)</SMALL>.<SPAN id="ref_egie" class="reference plainlinksneverexpand"><SUP><A rel="nofollow" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egie" class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egie">[4]</A></SUP></SPAN>
<P><I>Id est</I>, i.e., "that is", is commonly abbreviated "i.e."; in this usage it is sometimes followed by a comma, depending on style.<SPAN id="ref_egiecomma" class="reference plainlinksneverexpand"><SUP><A rel="nofollow" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egiecomma" class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_%28full%29#endnote_egiecomma">[5]</A></SUP></SPAN>
<I>See also: <A title="E.g. vs. i.e." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.g._vs._i.e.">e.g. vs. i.e.</A></I></p> </TD></TR></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4ECA928D-35BB-40D2-8B31-2D27BC556347/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>