Study English Grammar » abbreviations http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com Free English Grammar Tips & Blog Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:34:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do you know the meaning of “i.e.” and “e.g.” in a Sentence http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-basics/do-you-know-the-meaning-of-i-e-and-e-g-in-a-sentence.htm http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-basics/do-you-know-the-meaning-of-i-e-and-e-g-in-a-sentence.htm#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:08:21 +0000 Study English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/?p=275 Many of you might be surprised to know that the meanings of the two words, “e.g” and “i.e” are different from one another. There are many people who use these two words interchangeably but in reality they cannot be used in each others place. Hence one should be careful about the use of these words. It is important to know the meanings of these words.

The word “e.g’ means “for example” and it originates from the Latin word “exempli gratia”. On the other hand the word “i.e” means “that is” and is derived from the Latin word “id est”.

There are some suggestions with the help of which you can remember the meaning of these words. The meaning of the word, “e.g” can be remembered as the word “example” starts with “e” so “e.g” means for example.

As far as the use is concerned you can say that, “There are seven colors in the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. This gives a complete list. On the other hand when you are giving an incomplete list you can use the word, “e.g”. It can be said, There are 7 colors in the rainbow, e.g., red, orange an... Read more...

]]> http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-basics/do-you-know-the-meaning-of-i-e-and-e-g-in-a-sentence.htm/feed 1 Six common mistakes in English writing http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-tips/six-common-mistakes-in-english-writing.htm http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-tips/six-common-mistakes-in-english-writing.htm#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:37 +0000 Study English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/?p=128 Better English writing is becoming difficult nowadays and this is mainly because of the dropping of the English writing standards among the people. Nowadays, abbreviations are being used in messages and this has spilled over to the other areas of communication making the standard of English writing more and more worse. Better English writing is in danger and every day we are able to spot blatant mistakes being made in radio, television, pamphlets, newspapers, e-mail, websites and other areas as well. Mistakes in written English are carried over to the spoken English and the same is happening vice versa. Therefore, it is better to see that the following six common mistakes, which are generally committed by people in written English, are avoided.

  1. Capitals letters: For emphasizing words, people are using capital letters in the middle of the sentences. Instead of using capital letters in the middle, it is better to use bold letters or color differentiation or larger fonts for emphasizing purpose.
  2. Commas: As we all know, comma is a kind of p... Read more...

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