Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

This is a quibble, but you might find it useful. The writer of this otherwise well-written article writes "i.e." where they should have written "e.g.". i.e. means "that is". e.g. means "for example". I have no idea why people keep getting this wrong.



> I have no idea why people keep getting this wrong.

Because we stopped teaching Latin?

My fav is et cetera ("and so on") where et is of course "and" and has its own symbol "&" (which, if you look closely, is clearly made of an "E" and a "t") and so you can abbreviate "etc." as "&c."


I remember it with "eggxample"




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: