Comments on: MM: That Is, for Example….

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:02:12 +0000

I’m SO bookmarking this one for future reference!!! There are always times in my writing where I want to use i.e. or e.g. but don’t know which one is appropriate so I refrain from using it all-together.

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:01:57 +0000

I'm SO bookmarking this one for future reference!!! There are always times in my writing where I want to use i.e. or e.g. but don't know which one is appropriate so I refrain from using it all-together. Ricardo Bueno's last blog post.."The Sky's the Limit!"

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:50:18 +0000

I think what Deb was getting at with the 100 year old letters is that people nowadays don’t write like they used to. Letters today are emails that use too many abbreviations and all that annoying stuff. Not everyone is the most intelligent at writing, but for those people to write to each other was their only means of communication long distance because not everyone could afford a telephone. Letters didn’t take 3 days in the post to send out. It took weeks. People then could spill their hearts in letters. Words are one of the most powerful means of love. Music is the other. (I’m a music major in college. ^.^)
And, no, not all text-messaging teens are average reading level. My sister writes in “txt” because she only texts, and she’s 17. *sigh*

By: --Deb

--Deb — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:17:19 +0000

Well, I've talked about punctuality, too: Timely --Deb's last blog post..Linguist vs Grammarian–The Fallout

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:04:08 +0000

@Deb – Indeed! Unfortunately I’m not quite as enthusiastic about punctuality as I am about punctuation! ^_^;

By: --Deb

--Deb — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:10:38 +0000

Well, I'm NOT a mathematician, but could have sworn that one was on the list my math teachers taught when I was in school. But, since that's not a field in which I can claim any expertise, I'll take your word for it (grin). And, I know, I really need to improve the examples. One of these days, I will. --Deb's last blog post..Linguist vs Grammarian–The Fallout

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:33 +0000

@Deb – I’m just stumbled across your site and thoroughly enjoyed your article, although, as Torgo says, your ‘i.e.’ examples could use some work.

I’m guessing that you’re a better grammarian than a mathematician, as your list of prime numbers is wrong. One is not a prime number, despite appearing to satisfy the definition that you give.

By: --Deb

--Deb — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:50:01 +0000

@Daniel--That's why it's a play on words! --Deb's last blog post..Linguist vs Grammarian–The Fallout

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:41:30 +0000

Yes, the name of the site IS ‘punctualityrules’, but, hilariously enough, punctuality has nothing to do with punctuation.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:11:00 +0000

“As to punctuation, the correct way to write these is with a period after both letters (”i.e.” and “e.g.”), followed by a comma.”

“I strongly recommend the driver of the automobile cease their forward movement at this time, i.e, STOP!”

..um, I think you’re missing a period after the ‘e’, which is kind of ironic considering the name of this site is ‘punctualityrules’

Oh, and mmorpg, you’re saying that 100 year old letters sound so great because only a small fraction of people could write in the first place, but.. that makes no sense. The number of people who can write doesn’t connect to the quality of their writing. Just because only two people on the entire face of the earth can write, doesn’t mean that they’re going to be great at it.

You’re obviously not aware of what the heck you’re talking about.