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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

188.0. "Latin Abbreviations" by NY1MM::BONNELL (Jersey Girl) Thu May 15 1986 12:57

    hmmm...I *think* I've seen this in here SOMEWHERE, but I cant find
    any useful looking titles so...
    
    What are the correct uses of latin abbreviatons?  Or at least the
    correct expansions?  I'm not sure if I want i.e. (in exemplis?)
    or e.g. (???)!
    
    ...diane
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188.1APTECH::RSTONEThu May 15 1986 13:521
    See Note 12.5 in this conference.
188.2Two moreVOGON::GOODENOUGHJeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UKFri May 16 1986 05:2711
    Also if you thought i.e. meant "in exemplis", you'll use it in place
    of e.g.  There's a lot of confusion over these two, that's why they're
    not allowed in DEC manuals (as far as I know).
    
    Another couple of common ones not in the earlier note:
    
    cf.    conferre	refer to
    viz.   videlicet	in other words (?)
    
    Jeff.
    
188.3viz.DELNI::CANTORDave CantorFri May 16 1986 13:323
      viz., Latin, videlicet, namely.
      
      Dave C.
188.4in re vizNOGOV::GOODENOUGHJeff Goodenough, IPG Reading-UKWed May 21 1986 09:013
    Yes, that's much better.  I knew how I used it, but couldn't think
    of the proper translation :-)