What does I.E. and E.G mean? I use them all the time just before giving an example for something, but I have never bothered to figure out what they stand for. I'm going to take a stab and say the E's might be for example though.
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I.e. and e.g. are both abbreviations for Latin terms. I.e. stands for id est and means roughly "that is." E.g. stands for exempli gratia, which means "for example". They are not interchangeable. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx
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They are both Latin, so you are unlikely to guess. I.e. stands for "id est" which means "that is", so you use it when you are re-stating what you have just said another way - e.g. "the buck stops with the man in charge i.e. the President". E.g stands for "Exempli gratia" which means "example given". YOu use it when what follows is an example of the thing you are talking about, not an explanation: "top sportsmen e.g. Tiger Woods".
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