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"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 an
by 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.