For the love of god, stop using "i.e." incorrectly

Seen too many people on this forum make this mistake.

i.e., is id est meaning "in other words"

e.g., is what you're actually looking for. E.g., is exempli gratia, or "for the sake of example"


So please stop saying something like "EBs, i.e., Evercore and Centerview" unless you mean to say that the only EBs that exist are EVR and CVP.

Yes this is nerdy shit to care about but goddamn in an industry that cares about pointless details like whether it's mm or million or M or MM, you would think people would actually use the right abbreviation

 
Snowshield 

goddamn 

Seen too many people on this forum make this mistake.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
Snowshield

Pretty sure goddamn has entered common use alongside goddamned and goddam but is just more frequently used than either of those two. Admittedly never seen goddam in anything but a novel

Yeah and you shouldn’t take the Lord’s name in vain.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Monty Burns

That's not what the commandment is about

“For instance, all of us have heard someone say, "God damn it," or even "God damn you". Here a person is commanding God, who is all powerful, all good, and all just, to damn someone (or something) in Hell for all eternity. Who are we to ask God to damn anyone or to bestow some evil upon them? Objectively, this act is a mortal sin.”

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/why…
 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
Monty Burns

Well, there's at least two things wrong with that statement, namely the fact that "hell" and "eternity" are not Biblical concepts. "Gehenna/Hades" and "eonian" are, which mean two very different things than what Christians believe. PM me if you want more info.

Saying “Goddamn” “Goddamn it” or “Goddamn you” is still a sin.

-
 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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I'm not going to get into this in a comment on WSO, but frankly I don't give a shit what the "religiously devout" think. The religious majority has never, at any point in history, been on the side of the truth (Jesus vs. the Pharisees, the prophets vs. the Jews, etc.). As Paul says, they have a "form of devoutness while denying the power" and a "zeal without recognition", "seeking to establish their own righteousness." They "worship another Jesus". In fact, because of Christians, the "name of God is being blasphemed among the nations". The entire world is turned away from God because of the incorrect teachings of Christianity (e.g. eternal torment/hell, free will, the Trinity, immortality of the soul, trying to keep the law of Moses and "behave themselves", etc.) based on Bible mistranslations, human pride, and not understanding the magical thing called context. Like I said, PM me if you want to learn about what the Bible actually says in its original languages, properly translated. This invitation goes out to anyone reading this comment as well. And by the way, even if it were a sin, last time I checked, Jesus took away sin 2,000 years ago.

 

Seriously, why are people getting so butthurt about this ? All you have to say for it is IE "in regards to this topic" that's all it has to be.  I mean seriously, the exact latin is "in exemplum" which means "in example". Grow up and swing a pair if you have them.

My new sign off for all these threads: 

The poster formerly known as theAudiophile. Just turned up to 11, like the stereo.
 

I'm not going to say anything snarky, I agree with this. It might make you sound like a pedantic cocksucker, but knowing words good shows you have your grade 10 and is just overall more professional.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

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