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e.g. means "example given", it's being used correctly in this case; i.e. is a bit more subtle as it's Latin for "id est", which is more like a "that is to say..
by Cthulhu_ 1y ago
e.g. means "example given", it's being used correctly in this case; i.e. is a bit more subtle as it's Latin for "id est", which is more like a "that is to say..."
Both would work in this case, but e.g. is not incorrect.
- red-iron-pine 1y agoe.g. stands for the latin exemplī grātiā aka exempli gratia, which the literal translation is "for sake of example" id est is literally "that is". For something like "OP is a bakchod; that is, a tosser" -- replace that is with i.e.