Re: i.e or e.g

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Oct 1, 2007, at 2:07 AM, Daniel Nylander wrote:

> There was a new string in debian-installer today..
>
> "Please enter the device name of the partition or disk onto which LILO
> should be installed, i.e: /dev/hda or /dev/sda1."
>
> Shouldn't this be e.g instead of i.e?

Actually, "for example" would be a clearer choice of words from the  
point of view of translations.  If there's room for it, that's what  
I'd use, personally.

Rick


PS:  Thanks, Daniel, for the ancient history URL.  It's cool!