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Subject:Re: i.e. vs e.g. From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Bruce Megan (ST-CO/ENS2.5-NA)" <Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com> Date:Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:32:16 -0400
Neither are. Nor are they synonymous. Which is why they're not
preferred. Because they're misused.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Bruce Megan (ST-CO/ENS2.5-NA)
<Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com> wrote:
> OK….having a brain melt… is i.e. preferred or e.g. preferred?
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