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Ask for help > How I can say / pronounce e.g. in speech ?
How I can say / pronounce e.g. in speech ?
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miss noor
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How I can say / pronounce e.g. in speech ?
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Hello ,
I hope you are o �k
Please help me
how I pronounce e.g. in a sentence ?
for example or /EE gee /
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2 Mar 2009
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Caroline565
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eee/gee is exactly right Miss noor. Take care. |
2 Mar 2009
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decspec
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Hello! e. g. should be read "for example" since it comes from the Latin expression "exempli gratia" which means "example given".
I hope you find my comment useful!
Regards
Paula
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2 Mar 2009
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eng789
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decspec Thanks for answering- I was beginning to think I had lost it. It �s been a long day with difficult kids so when I saw the eee-gee I thought wow .
e.g. - we say - "for example" --that �s what I always thought.
Thanks for confirming that I hadn �t lost my marbles.
Have a great day.
Barbara |
2 Mar 2009
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Ivona
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I �ve heard both being used ... donno...
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2 Mar 2009
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Zora
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I have to agree with Eng and decspec... we tend to say "for example" when we see "e.g." ... or I always have. "eg" is just the abbreviation, nothing more. It �s like "street", you don �t go around saying:
"He lives on White S-Tee"... you say, "He lives on White Street..." even though it �s written "He lives on White St."
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2 Mar 2009
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Ivona
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And what about i.e. ??? Do you say "that is" or "id est"??
And what about P.S. Do you say Post Scriptum?
Just wondering ... 
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2 Mar 2009
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Caroline565
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Here we say eee/gee but maybe thats not strictly correct. It �s probably what each area is used to. �Interesting to read Ivona �s question about things like that . �ha ha..now I �m confused. Have I scored an OG ?!!! |
2 Mar 2009
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BRAHIM S
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When it comes to pronouncing abreviations (cf, eg, ie, Ps etc) Zora is totally right
It makes more sense to say what they stand for, after all you are speaking
Compare
1. I have been to different English speaking countries, ee gee England, Canada, and Ireland
2. I have been to different English speaking countries, for example, England, Canada, and Ireland
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2 Mar 2009
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Jayho
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Well, I �m a true blue dinky di Ozzie. Sometimes I say ee gee and sometimes I say for example - it all depends on who I am talking to and in what kind of forum. In Australia I don �t think it matters and both are acceptable |
3 Mar 2009
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