On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 10:43 AM, Philip Stortz wrote:
I.E., means, "for example" (translated from latin i believe
Well, not really. i.e. is sort for id est, which means "that is"; e.g. is short for exempli gratis and that translated from our dear, dead Latin is "for example."
Here's to my dear, dead Latin teacher, Miss Martin, whom I thought had actually dated Marcus Aurelius.
Always the pretentious ass,
Frank Isackson
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