Gaaah.
i.e. means "that is", not "for example". That's what e.g. is for.
It's a stupid little thing, but I'm seeing it over and over and it looks ignorant, which just hurts my belief in a writer's authority. That's surely not what any of us want.
I'm not a prescriptivist, rilly, but words are our tools. Surely we should use them with care and awareness?
I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things and most people don't even know and we understand from context anyway, but it's fingernails on chalkboard to me.
'kay. Done being cranky. I'll go to bed now.
i.e. means "that is", not "for example". That's what e.g. is for.
It's a stupid little thing, but I'm seeing it over and over and it looks ignorant, which just hurts my belief in a writer's authority. That's surely not what any of us want.
I'm not a prescriptivist, rilly, but words are our tools. Surely we should use them with care and awareness?
I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things and most people don't even know and we understand from context anyway, but it's fingernails on chalkboard to me.
'kay. Done being cranky. I'll go to bed now.