e.g.

= For example (from Latin exempli gratia)

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Popular pets, e.g. cats and dogs
Usage note: e.g.Giving examples
The website has a variety of interactive exercises (e.g. matching games,
crosswords and quizzes.
The website has a variety of interactive exercises, including matching games,
crosswords and quizzes.
!eb ".# technologies, such as wi$is, blogs and social networ$ing sites, have
changed the way that people use the %nternet.
&any websites now allow users to contribute information. A good example of
this is the 'wi$i(, a type of website that anyone can edit.
!i$is vary in how open they are. For example, some wi$is allow anybody to edit
content, while others only allow registered users to do this.
!i$is vary in how open they are. )ome wi$is, for example/for instance, allow
anybody to edit content, while others only allow registered users to do this.
&ore and more people read their news on the %nternet. o ta!e one example,
over *+ million people now read the online version of 'The ,xford -erald(.
,nline newspapers are now more popular than paper ones. 'The ,xford -erald(
is a case in point. %ts print circulation has fallen in recent years, while its website
attracts millions of users every month
i.e. / a i / = used to explain exactl" #hat the pre$ious thing that "ou ha$e
mentioned means (from Latin id est)
he %asic essentials of life& i.e. housing& food and #ater
Usage note: i.e. .xplaining what you mean
)ome poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember
something.
)ome poems are mnemonics& that is to sa", they are designed to help you
remember something.
&nemonic poems, that is poems designed to help you remember something, are
an excellent way to learn lists.
/ limeric$0s rhyme scheme is /1/12121/. 'n other #ords, the first, second,
and fifth lines all rhyme with one another, while the third and fourth lines have their
own rhyme.
%n this exercise the reader is encouraged to wor$ out the meaning, or rather the
range of meanings, of the poem.
This is a poem about death, or& more precisel", dying.
-e says his poems deal with 'the big issues(, %" #hich he means love, loss,
grief and death.
Grief 3gri f3 4 pena