Re: Rules for i.e. & e.g.

[Steve Peter <speter -at- wolfram -dot- com>]

On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Bruce Byfield wrote:

> I also can't resist reminding those who said that the abbreviations
> might trouble non-English speakers that these abbreviations are
> actually Latin. 

My training is originally in Indo-European historical linguistics, so yes,
I am aware of the origin of the abbreviations.

The fact that they are Latin and not English is precisely why they would
be more trouble to non-English speakers, since you would be requiring the
readers to use two languages. 

Steve Peter
Senior Technical Writer
Wolfram Research
www.wolfram.com


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