A User's Report on Grammar Girl

Today I read an article on I.e. Versus E.g.written by Grammar Girl.First Grammar Girl began with an advertisement which created a common situation in which if we forget important computer files at home we can use GoToMyPC to get access to the files.This way to start with ordinary and familiar life helps to attract readers' eyes.Then she came to the point--the differences between the abbreviations e.g. and e.g.She revealed to us clearly that "I.e. stands for id est and means roughly 'that is.'E.g. stands for exempli gratia, which means 'for example.'"After just disclosing the meanings of these two words,Grammar Girl told us how to memorize the differences by remembering the first letters and the pronunciation.It became much easier for us to discern the distinction after we were given several examples while abstract explanations can hardly make it clear to people.What followed was she talked about whether there should be a comma after i.e. or e.g.She made a table for the websites summarizing the opinions of a few different style guides and drew a conclusion.Last,she didn't forget to put up some advertisements to support her business.

I.e. and e.g. contains only 4 letters but she used a several-hundred-word passage to explain the distinction.We should learn from this that paying attention to tiny problem is important.A little success can't make you successful while a little mistake could make you fail.After solving the main problem,she stepped further discussing whether or not a comma is required after i.e. and e.g.The existence of a small comma really doesn't matter but Grammar Girl referred to quite a lot of websites.Her studying attitude makes me consider my studying attitude.

Dong

10 Oct 2007