Stupid question..If e.g. stands for "example given" , what does I.E. stands for coz i've always see

Posted by JooBor on July 29, 2001 7:46 PM

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Posted by anon on July 29, 2001 8:14 PM

Not exactly an excel problem, but an interesting question all the same. Here's one answer:

http://www.dictionary.com/doctor/faq/i/ie-eg.html

Posted by Joobor on July 29, 2001 8:42 PM

Thanks anon..no wonder i can't find it in english..lol.regards

Posted by Rob on July 30, 2001 12:54 AM

What IE is actually short for if anything is no doubt known by someone. IF you really want to know I would check out latin, it probably comes from there. However it is just another way of eg.

Posted by Aladin Akyurek on July 30, 2001 1:36 AM

Since I'm one of the sinners:

i.e. (from Latin "id est") means: that is (to say).

e.g. (again from Latin "exempli gratia") means: for example; for the sake of example.

Aladin

Posted by Aladin Akyurek on July 30, 2001 7:09 AM

By the way

I use these abbrevs a lot (my sin), but not interchangeably. ;-)

Aladin

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Posted by Joobor on July 30, 2001 11:31 PM

Thanks all for the long explanation. Regards