[net.misc] i.e. e.g.

ethan@utastro.UUCP (05/10/84)

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Just as "i.e." stands for "id est"= that is
e.g. stands for "exemplia gratia"(not sure about spelling)= a pleasing example

            From a frustrated latin scholar

            Ethan Vishniac 
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ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (05/11/84)

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> Just as "i.e." stands for "id est"= that is
> e.g. stands for "exemplia gratia"(not sure about spelling)= a pleasing example

Pleasing? I do not think so.

Yes, [gratus] denotes pleasing, as in "gratitude", but I think that
that [gratia] denotes free, as in "gratis".

	e.g. = [ exempli gratia ] .

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debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) (05/15/84)

			Enough, no more!
'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
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