← Back to context Comment by scoot 2 days ago And I'm not surprised to see "e.g." being used incorrectly. ;) 3 comments scoot Reply ruraljuror 2 days ago Looks right to me. Are you referring to the capitalization? Cthulhu_ 2 days ago 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. red-iron-pine 2 days ago 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.
Cthulhu_ 2 days ago 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. red-iron-pine 2 days ago 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.
red-iron-pine 2 days ago 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.
Looks right to me. Are you referring to the capitalization?
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.