Comment by 725686 22 days ago For the perplex:e.g. is latin for "exempli gratia" = for example i.e. is latin for "id est" = that is 5 comments 725686 Reply spondyl 21 days ago As someone who was perplexed, I've only heard perplex used in past tense (I was perplexed) so seeing "For the perplex" just made me confused as to what "perplex" meant and I had to do a further search to decipher this tree of comments haha 725686 18 days ago Ha, ha, sorry. English is not my native language. huhkerrf 22 days ago A good way to remember it is to use a backronym:e.g. - example giveni.e. - in effect programjames 21 days ago i.e. - in eother (words) istjohn 21 days ago in explanation
spondyl 21 days ago As someone who was perplexed, I've only heard perplex used in past tense (I was perplexed) so seeing "For the perplex" just made me confused as to what "perplex" meant and I had to do a further search to decipher this tree of comments haha 725686 18 days ago Ha, ha, sorry. English is not my native language.
huhkerrf 22 days ago A good way to remember it is to use a backronym:e.g. - example giveni.e. - in effect programjames 21 days ago i.e. - in eother (words) istjohn 21 days ago in explanation
As someone who was perplexed, I've only heard perplex used in past tense (I was perplexed) so seeing "For the perplex" just made me confused as to what "perplex" meant and I had to do a further search to decipher this tree of comments haha
Ha, ha, sorry. English is not my native language.
A good way to remember it is to use a backronym:
e.g. - example given
i.e. - in effect
i.e. - in eother (words)
in explanation