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Comment by scoot

2 days ago

And I'm not surprised to see "e.g." being used incorrectly. ;)

e.g. means "example given", it's being used correctly in this case; i.e. is a bit more subtle as it's Latin for "id est", which is more like a "that is to say..."

Both would work in this case, but e.g. is not incorrect.

  • e.g. stands for the latin exemplī grātiā aka exempli gratia, which the literal translation is "for sake of example"

    id est is literally "that is". For something like "OP is a bakchod; that is, a tosser" -- replace that is with i.e.