Thứ Ba, 6 tháng 1, 2015

Most Common Mistakes in English - i.e. or e.g.?

i.e. and e.g.

Wrong: Please volunteer to bring some food for the party, i.e., fries, nuggets, and chips.
Correct: Please volunteer to bring some food for the party. e.g., fries, nuggets, and chips
Believe it or not, last time, I thought i.e. and e.g. can be used interchangeably! But I was wrong. i.e. and e.g. have different meanings.
e.g. = For example
i.e. = That is/In other words (for clarifying stuff)
Here are some examples.
To stay healthy, eat vegetables, e.g., spinach. <— Here I used an example of a vegetable.
I love to eat the vegetable that I like the most (i.e., carrots). <— Here I used i.e. because it clarifies the “vegetable that I like the most”. I cannot use e.g. because there is no vegetable other than that.

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