| ▲ | 725686 11 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
For the perplex: e.g. is latin for "exempli gratia" = for example i.e. is latin for "id est" = that is | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | spondyl 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
As someone who was perplexed, I've only heard perplex used in past tense (I was perplexed) so seeing "For the perplex" just made me confused as to what "perplex" meant and I had to do a further search to decipher this tree of comments haha | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | huhkerrf 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
A good way to remember it is to use a backronym: e.g. - example given i.e. - in effect | |||||||||||||||||
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