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'I.e.' versus 'e.g.' What Shakespeare actually added to English. Four schnitzels.

2025/4/22

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Mignon Fogarty: 我是Mignon Fogarty，今天我们将讨论那些令人头疼的缩写“i.e.”和“e.g.”，它们的意思并不相同。我会解释它们的含义和用法，并提供一些记忆技巧，帮助大家区分它们的使用场景。我会用具体的例句来解释如何在句子中正确使用这两个缩写，并说明在美式英语中，建议在“i.e.”和“e.g.”之后使用逗号。此外，我还将讨论莎士比亚对英语的贡献，以及围绕这一话题的一些常见误解。 Jonathan Culpeper 和 Matthew Gillings: 莎士比亚的语言被广泛认为是英语的巅峰之作，但围绕其对英语贡献的描述中存在许多误解。例如，人们普遍认为莎士比亚创造了大量的词汇，但实际上，他创造的新词数量远没有人们想象的那么多。通过电脑分析，我们发现他创造的新词大约只有500个左右。此外，莎士比亚的语言并非构成现代英语的全部，他所使用的词汇量也并非像人们想象的那样巨大。莎士比亚的语言并非具有普遍意义，它也随着时间的推移而发生变化。最后，我们还将讨论一个关于莎士比亚拉丁语水平的误解，研究表明，莎士比亚实际上使用了大量的拉丁词汇。 Amir: 我和我的伴侣创造了一个我们家庭内部使用的词组“four schnitzels”，用来表达强烈赞同。这个词组源于Snoop Dogg的“four shizzle”，我们根据赞同程度的不同，会使用“four schnitzels”、“400 schnitzels”或“four million schnitzels”等不同的表达方式。

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This chapter clears up the confusion between the abbreviations 'i.e.' and 'e.g.', providing memory tricks and examples of how to use them correctly in sentences. It also addresses punctuation and capitalization.

'i.e.' means 'in other words', 'e.g.' means 'for example'.
Don't italicize 'i.e.' and 'e.g.' and always use periods after each letter.
A comma is typically used after 'i.e.' and 'e.g.' in American English.

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People often confuse "i.e." and "e.g." We'll help you get them right — no Latin required. Then, in honor of Shakespeare’s birthday, we look at five common myths about his contributions to the English language, including whether he coined thousands of words and how much Latin he actually knew.

The "Shakespeare" segment was by Jonathan Culpeper), a chair professor in English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University, and Mathew Gillings), an assistant professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. It originally appeared in The Conversation) and appears here through a Creative Commons license).

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