On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:31:18 +0000, Invisible wrote:

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

Depending on how you read the sentence, the two can be interchangeable.

I typically read "i.e." as "that is", and "e.g." as "for example".

i.e. is "id est", meaning "that is" or "that is to say".

e.g. is "exempli gratia", meaning "for the sake of example".

Jim

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