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Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 February 2012 04:17:09AM *  8 points [-]

(i.e. successful revival of a primate

Minor nitpick that is worth noting because a lot of highly educated people use this as a signaling issue for education level: "e.g." is for an example. "i.e" is for restating something.

Comment author: faul_sname 03 February 2012 04:50:59AM 5 points [-]

Really? I always thought i.e. stood for "individual example". I'm really not sure where I got that idea, now that I think about it. Thanks for the pointer.

Comment author: saturn 04 February 2012 11:20:35PM 5 points [-]

They are Latin abbreviations. i.e. stands for "id est" meaning "that is" or "that means", e.g. stands for "exempli gratia" meaning "for the sake of example".

Comment author: komponisto 05 February 2012 08:41:38PM 0 points [-]

A mnemonic that helped me before I knew the Latin: "i.e." = "in other words".

Comment author: RobertLumley 05 February 2012 01:44:15PM 1 point [-]

Thanks! I never knew that.

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