Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   I think a sentence would change its meaning (even if subtly) if you
> > changed "i.e." to "e.g." or vice-versa.

> I'm not sure I understand.   That is, can you give an example?

  "He gave a lot of feedback, ie. things which should be fixed."

  "He gave a lot of feedback, eg. things which should be fixed."

  The first sentence implies that in this context feedback is equalled to
drawing attention to things which should be fixed, and that "he" presented
many such things.

  In the second sentence the feedback is less specified, and "he" gave
feedback about many things. Among those things he drew attention to things
which should be fixed, but that's not the only feedback "he" gave.

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                                                          - Warp

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