On May 31, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Jim O'Sullivan wrote:
> e.g. exempli gratia - the favor of an example
> i.e. id est - That is
>
> I finally get to use that 3 years of High School Latin!
>
> Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Because nobody knows anymore
> what e.g. and i.e. mean (in Latin OR in
> English), and everybody gets them mixed up and uses them incorrectly.
> "forex" can't be mixed up and only people who remember e.g. get
> confused!!! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Don
> p.s. exempli gratia
Though I thoroughly enjoyed it and still have more than rare
occasion to use it, I wish I could have augmented my HS and college
Spanish with your HS Latin. Thanks for the translations.
Dick
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