i.e / e.g
 

hello,

Sorry for this stupid question but, as i'm not a native english speaker, i don't understand the exact signification of these following abreviations : "i.e" and "e.g". It's full of these in my atpl books.

For i.e, i was thinking about indeed or something like this; for e.g, it's always followed by examples, so i think it means something like "example".


Thank you very much for your help.
:)

i.e. means 'in other words'.

e.g. means 'for example'.

They are abbreviations of latin terms.

I.e. is for "id est" which can be translated as "which means" or "that is". You can use it in English when the reader needs to "get it", i.e. understand the meaning.

E.g. is for "exempli gratia" which is, as you say, "for example". You can use this in many English sentences, e.g. this example.

Edit: Ninja'd, what student88 said!