From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 12:06:47 EST
Dominikus Scherkl wrote:
> "i. e." is an latin abbreviation for "in exemplum" meaning "for example"
> not "that is".
"i. e." = "id est" = "that is"
"e. g." = "exempli gratia" = "for example"
Cassel's English-German Dictionary, ISBN 0-02-522920-6, also says so.
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Jan 16 2003 - 12:50:59 EST