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Bookmark or Share- punctuation - Should I always use a comma after "e.g." or "i.e ...The use of full stops with eg and ie is certainly not mandatory, as a quick check online will show. Cambridge Dictionary and Collins, for instance, list both variants. The dropping of full stops seems more prevalent in the UK than in the US; it certainly avoids a lot of clutter (eg i.e.,). Rarely does it cause a lack of clarity. –
- Origin of the "-y" or "-ie" diminutive suffix to denote intimacy ...Thankfully, The Free Library provides lots of further insight, but the bottom line is that nobody really knows for sure, and "the etymology of the diminutive suffix -y, -ie [will] most certainly remain controversial". The same suffix exists in modern German, where it is spelled as "-i" (Mami, Papi, Mausi, Steffi, Susi, Schumi), but again, the ...
- abbreviations - Differences between e.g., viz. and i.e - English ...sc. scilicet - namely (see viz) In contradistinction to i.e. and e.g., viz. is used to indicate a detailed description of something stated before, and when it precedes a list of group members, it implies (near) completeness. A similar expression is scilicet, abbreviated as sc., which is Latin for "it is permitted to know".
- punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIn formal contexts, I would go with "e.g." and "i.e.", with two periods and without a whitespace. The spellings without periods are quite popular, but informal. For example, Merriam-Webster does not have an entry for either "eg" or "ie". Wiktionary marks "eg." and "eg" as informal, and offers the following usage notes:
- pronunciation - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIt could be ambiguous because another term IE could mean something other than "that is". Consider a speech about web browsers. The audience would not know what you are referring to when you say "eye ee". Is that i.e. or is that Internet Explorer? The audience can probably come to the conclusion of which one it is, but for clarity, you should ...
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