What are the differences between these two abbreviations? What are the appropriate situations to use each?
Learn English – “e.g.” versus “i.e.”
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What are the differences between these two abbreviations? What are the appropriate situations to use each?
Best Answer
As reported by the New Oxford American Dictionary:
E.g. is used in expressions similar to including, when you are not intending to list everything that is being discussed.
I.e. is used when what you are introducing is equivalent to or an explanation of what comes before it in the sentence.