Full form of "e.g"

[edmondjanet]

e.g means example. what is the full form of "e.g"

[Verona_82]

e.g. stands for exempli gratia (a Latin expression) and means 'for example' .

[5jj]

We never use the full form. We read 'e.g.' either as 'E - G' or as 'for example'.

[birdeen's call]

Similarly (but rather irrelevantly), we do not read "&" as "et", even though that's what the symbol originally stood for.

[5jj]

Similarly (but rather irrelevantly), we do not read "&" as "et", even though that's what the symbol originally stood for.

Not irrelevant. Interesting, too - I'd forgotten that. It has reminded me that 'et cetera' used to be abbreviated as '&c' (et c). Incidentally, the current abbreviation 'etc' is usually read as 'et cetera', often thought of as one word. When I was at school, I was taught that 'etc' should be read as 'and so on'; I don't think many people do that today.

[BobK]

We never use the full form. We read 'e.g.' either as 'E - G' or as 'for example'.

...And if we did, we 'should' supply only one example - unless one were to say that it stood for exemplorum gratia!

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[5jj]

Sic loquimur omnes