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Why do people use "i.e." instead of "e.g."? EDIT:" For people who think I don't know what they mean, I do. I meant that the author of TFA obviously meant to wr
by wolf550e 8y ago
Why do people use "i.e." instead of "e.g."?
EDIT:" For people who think I don't know what they mean, I do. I meant that the author of TFA obviously meant to write "Nondeterministic Functions in MySQL (e.g. Rand)", because the entire article is about all non-deterministic functions and just uses rand as an example.
- optimuspaul 8y agowell in this case they only really talk about the one function so i.e. is not incorrect.
- paulddraper 8y agoThey say "Functions" though.
- abundant 8y agoHere one would read “that is” as something like “specifically”.
- Zalastax 8y agoBut that's not how one should read "that is". The author should have used "e.g." here, no question. Using "i.e." would imply that there exists only one nondeterministic function in MySQL, which is not the case.
- paulddraper 8y agoYeah, or I'd say "namely"
- lotyrin 8y agoWhy do people use the wrong there/their/they're? Why do people match salmon colored items with rose ones? Why do people sing off key? They aren't themselves sensitive to the difference and don't think about it.
- thisacctforreal 8y ago"i.e." – for "id est" in latin – means "that is", or "in other words", "in essence". "e.g." is "exempli gratia" in latin; just meaning "for example".
- qubex 8y agoBecause they mean absolutely different things: ”e.g.” stands for “exempli gratia” (“for example”) while “i.e.” stands for “id est” (”in other words”).