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Your comment put me on a side quest to research the differences between i.e., e.g., viz. and sc. and I have to admit that I’m still not 100% sure
by brewmarche 5mo ago
Your comment put me on a side quest to research the differences between i.e., e.g., viz. and sc. and I have to admit that I’m still not 100% sure
- HappMacDonald 5mo agoConcordantly, vis a vis, ergo..
- chrismorgan 5mo agoDon’t think I’ve ever heard of scilicet. <https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=viz.,sc.&year_start=1800&year_end=2022 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=viz.,sc.&year_...> definitely suggests viz. to have been massively more popular than sc.
- NooneAtAll3 5mo agoi.e. == aka == in other words e.g. == f.e., for example
- jcynix 5mo agoBut both i.e. and e.g. might be more easily understood by non-native speakers of English (IMHO ;-)
- giantrobot 5mo ago"e.g." == exempli gratia == to give an example "i.e." == id es == that is