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]]> By: ScottM http://www.datarave.net/zfh/2008/08/07/writers-acronyms-ie-and-eg/comment-page-1/#comment-142 ScottM Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:38:59 +0000 http://www.datarave.net/zfh/?p=241#comment-142 i.e. and e.g. will fade from the language only when people get used to abbreviating their replacements; I do see frex for "for example", but that's still very colloquial. I agree that it's the little ties to history that remind us that we're not the first generation to wander this earth. i.e. and e.g. will fade from the language only when people get used to abbreviating their replacements; I do see frex for “for example”, but that’s still very colloquial.

I agree that it’s the little ties to history that remind us that we’re not the first generation to wander this earth.

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