While using the abbreviation "e.g." it occured to me I had no idea of the Latin it was an abbreviation for. Of course I know what the meaning is ("for example") but when Googled for the Latin I came across a definition from this website that is also a book "Common Errors in English Usage. I guess a lot of people confuse "e.g." with "i.e." - I don't, my mother set me straight on that a long time ago. But at least I now know that they stand for "exempli gratia" and "id est". Check out the reams of other common errors, e.g. Dangling and misplaced modifiers or By far and away.

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