Invisible wrote:

> 
> - Sentences that begin and end with "please". (Surely once is enough?)
> 

As in: Please bring me the estimates from the department of redundancy 
department please?

(Extra question mark thrown in for good measure!!!)

> - People who write "i.e." when they actually mean "e.g."

Oh, now it's personal! I used to have a problem with i.e. and e.g.

I know now to use i.e. when I mean "In other words ..." and e.g. when I 
mean "for example"

of course, I still get them screwed up.


-- 
~Mike

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