← Back to context Comment by 725686 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago Ha, ha, sorry. English is not my native language. huhkerrf 1 month ago A good way to remember it is to use a backronym:e.g. - example giveni.e. - in effect programjames 1 month ago i.e. - in eother (words) istjohn 1 month ago in explanation
spondyl 1 month 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 1 month ago Ha, ha, sorry. English is not my native language.
huhkerrf 1 month ago A good way to remember it is to use a backronym:e.g. - example giveni.e. - in effect programjames 1 month ago i.e. - in eother (words) istjohn 1 month 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