what's the difference between i.e. and e.g.?
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"i.e." stands for "id est", which can be translated as "that is".  This is used to introduce another way of saying the same thing that you just said.\n\nThe United States occupies, i.e. has troops in, many countries in the world.\n\n"e.g." stands for "exempli gratia" (or something like that) and is used to introduce an example.\n\nThere are many questions on here that people find silly, e.g., toilet questions.
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It's "obviously", as it says something about "incorrect": the answer was obviously incorrect. An obvious, incorrect answer, on the other hand, is an answer that is both obvious and incorrect (which is impossible: if an answer is obvious, that means the *right* answer to a question is obvious).
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In the school I student taught in, in MA, they used E instead of F.  Just going in order.\n\nI think other schools don't use it partly because in some elementary school E stands for excellent. Maybe they wanted to avoid confusion.
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The abbreviations are i.e. for "that is" and e.g. for "for example."  I don't know the exact words the i.e. and e.g. stand for but I believe they are Latin.
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The "I before E" rule has its exceptions, but science is not one of them.  "I before E" is only applicable when the two vowels combine to make a single sound, a diphthong.  Since we pronounce both the "I" and the "E" in "science", it doesn't apply here.\n\nSometimes it doesn't work even for words it's otherwise supposed to, like "weird" for example.
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It depends on the idiom. There are lots of different origins. Just pick an idiom at look up its origin at:\n\nhttp://www.idiomsite.com/
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Anything with as or like is not a metaphor. Those are similes. Metaphors are "the wind was his friend; the clouds were the giant's pillows"   they compare two things without using as or like.
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Yes, 'name' is the object of the preposition 'in'. \n\n"What's" is the contraction of "What is".\n\n'What' is a Interrogative Pronoun, \n\n'is' is a verb (present singular of the irregular verb "to be") \n\n'in' is a preposition.\n\n'a' is an adjective (but classified along with 'an' and 'the' as article) and \n\n'name' is a noun.
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it means "in example" I. E.: the previous sentence.\nwikipedia says:\n"i.e. (id est) means 'that is' or 'in other words'."
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A sentence can end with "for example." This would generally occur if the whole sentence was giving one example. Here's a sentence to show what I mean, for example.\n\nE.G. is best not used at all in formal writing, but if you do use it, use it to introduce a list of examples, not at the end of a sentence. So, "I like sweet fruits, e.g., Braeburn apples, tangerines, and pineapples." BUT "Different people like different fruits. I like sweet fruits, for example. My sister, on the other hand, likes bitter chocolate." (It's a bit choppy, but not grammatically incorrect.)
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mean "for example," use e.g. It is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase exempli gratia
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There is no difference. People spell it with a capital I beause it is a name of something. But either I or i is acceptable.
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E.\n\nIs yours peg?\n\nSting?\nSwing?\nSling?\nString?????????????\n\n\nI got it....SPRING?????????
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Both are same but the voice is different. Second one is in passive voice and sounds more formal.
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et. al. = And others\ni.e. = Such as\ne.g. = For Example\n\n\nJohn and Mary Smith, et. al. eat lots of fruit (i.e. apples, bananas) and like to go to the top of big buildings (e.g. Empire State).
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I believe both have the same meaning. One is British-English origin ("oriented" I think), and the other is US-English origin. They tend to be used interchangeably much to my annoyance ;-)
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i.e. is an abbreviation for "id est," which means "that is" (as has been described above). It is only used when listing all possible examples of a category (for example: people of different genders (i.e. males and females)). When giving specific examples of a larger category, you would use e.g. (such as - many fruits (e.g. oranges and apples) provide vitamins to the human body).