> On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 02:05:11AM -0800, Michael Warner wrote: > > On or about 09 Dec, 1999, Klaus Weide > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Henry Nelson wrote: > > I learned "i.e." means "in other words, " and "e.g." means "for > example," both of which are parenthetical expressions that should be > separated from the main thoughts by commas. that's probably close to the explanation I was given (the slant given to the translation would affect how it's used). > <http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/db/users/us/md/lib/bcpl/jspath/face.xbm> -- Thomas E. Dickey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
