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i.e.

Abbreviation for id est (Latin ‘that is’), used to give an example.

i.e. tends to interrupt the flow of a sentence, and its use is best kept to a minimum.

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The first stands for exempli gratia, meaning for example; the second represents id est, meaning that is.

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