On Thursday, 1 February 2018 18:47:57 GMT Philip Webb wrote: > 180201 Grant Edwards wrote: > > You also use e.g. when giving multiple examples. To quote Grammar Girl. > > > > "I like card games, e.g. bridge and crazy eights. > > "Some people in life suffer misfortunes, e.g. fire, flood, > > > > earthquake or a meteor strike." > > And while we're at it (grin), 'e.g.' has the same force as 'etc', > so it's duplicating effort to write 'e.g. fire, flood etc'.
No, it doesn't. I think what you mean is that it doesn't make sense to say "for example, ... , all the rest." In other words, you can't sensibly say all the rest are an example. I agree with that. -- Regards, Peter.
