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we are wiping out the proper use of things like "e.g." thanks to comments like yours, and the comments you've read to make you think this is the proper use. no
by naikrovek 5y ago
we are wiping out the proper use of things like "e.g." thanks to comments like yours, and the comments you've read to make you think this is the proper use.
no one gives a damn about literally anything anymore.
- drran 5y agoI'm not a native speaker.
- otabdeveloper4 5y ago"e.g." is an abbreviation for "for example". So, "I doubt we'll wipe out, for example, ants as a class". Meaning that the comment wasn't particularly about ants, just used them as an illustrative example.
- naikrovek 5y ago"e.g." is for lists of examples. not just one.
- DrSiemer 5y agoNot necessarily. As I understand it, it indicates the presence of a list or group, that the subject(s) mentioned after it belong to. The location of e.g. in the sentence is unusual though: usually it will be found at the end.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoNo, it's just an abbreviation, nothing more.