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Huffington Post // Entertainment

So THAT's The Difference Between 'I.e.' And 'E.g.'

Monday 3rd November 2025, 10:24AM


DictionaryYou may already know that coffins and caskets are different things – the same is true for cemeteries and graveyards.Even ghosts and ghouls have a gory distinction. But, though spooky season has passed, I haven’t stopped thinking about the differences between terms most of us use interchangeably. I.e., “e.g.”. Or should that be “e.g., ‘i.e.’”? To be honest, I’ve never understood the difference between the two. What’s the difference between “e.g.′ and “i.e.”?Let’s start with ‘e.g.’. This, the Cambridge Dictionary says, stands for the Latin “exempli gratia,” meaning “for example”. If you’re reading it out loud, you can accurately “pronounce” e.g. as “for example,” the dictionary points out. An example sentence could be, “S

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