On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:03:17PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org> writes:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >
> > > If this is really important, lintian could enforce a style guide that
> > > prohibts "it's" altogether, always requiring the spelled-out versions.
> > > (While we are at it, "e.g." and "i.e." are good candidates for a ban,
> > > too. 8-)
> >
> > Why? Although they are sometimes misused, "e.g." and "i.e." are
> > perfectly fine.
>
> Well, "for example" and "that is" are better ways to spell them.
FYI i.e. means "id est" it is a Latin expression and you can of course
use it.
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Pierre Machard
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