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Comment by NooneAtAll3

1 day ago

i.e. == aka == in other words

e.g. == f.e., for example

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giantrobot  2 hours ago

"e.g." == exempli gratia == to give an example

"i.e." == id es == that is

jcynix  21 hours ago

But both i.e. and e.g. might be more easily understood by non-native speakers of English (IMHO ;-)

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