E.g.

[nq:1]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
I vote for "definitely not OK".

Cheers, Harvey
CanEng and BrEng, indiscriminately mixed

[nq:1]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
I wouldn't. Of course I think e.g. is way overused anyhow, should never be used in speech, and I'm bothered that so many people use it but use it to mean "that is". This also means that a lot of people don't know what e.g. means but not in your academic paper.

Still, starting a sentence with

[nq:2]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't. Of course I think e.g. is way overused anyhow, should never be used in speech, and I'm bothered ... This also means that a lot of people don't know what e.g. means but not in your academic paper.[/nq]
Is there any kind of mnemonic help that native English speakers use to remember

[nq:2]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
[nq:1]I wouldn't. Of course I think e.g. is way overused anyhow, should never be used in speech, and I'm bothered ... This also means that a lot of people don't know what e.g. means but not in your academic paper.[/nq]
e.g. = "exempli gratia," Latin for "free example" or "for example."

i.

[nq:2]I wouldn't. Of course I think e.g. is way overused ... know what e.g. means but not in your academic paper.[/nq]
I take it back. I'm not sure even in academia everyone knows what it and i.e. mean, or that some don't get them backwards.
[nq:1]Is there any kind of mnemonic help that native English speakers use to remember combinations like that? My native language is not English, but i

[nq:1]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
I'd avoid it for two highly subjective reasons: it sounds funny (if you read it aloud or sub-vocalize it) and it looks funny (capitalized). Just write out "For example, ..." instead.

Pengo is having second thoughts about his years working for the KGB. (Stoll 1989)

[nq:1]Is it ok to start a sentence with "E.g." instead of "For example" in academic use?[/nq]
Not sure what you mean by academic use; if it's for publication, then no. If it's an internal memo, then yes.
If it's course work, then it depends on who's marking.

Most academic establishments have guidelines about writing style. If your role is junior, then best to conform.

And

[nq:2]I wouldn't. Of course I think e.g. is way overused ... know what e.g. means but not in your academic paper.[/nq]
[nq:1]e.g. = "exempli gratia," Latin for "free example" or "for example."[/nq]
exemplum gratia. For the sake of example. Gratia is a preposition that takes an object in the accusative case, like exemplum. **

I don't think "free" is a valid translation for the prep

[nq:2]e.g. = "exempli gratia," Latin for "free example" or "for example."[/nq]
[nq:1]exemplum gratia. For the sake of example. Gratia is a preposition that takes an object in the accusative case, like exemplum. **[/nq]
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[nq:1]**There are one or more websites that also have exempli, like h

[nq:1]On 19 Aug 2008, mm wrote[/nq]
What does it say?
[nq:1]You should write to them and tell them they've got it wrong and[/nq]
I really can't. I don't know what it says.
[nq:1]post back: it'll be interesting to read their grovelling apology on this one.[/nq]
I would not expect a grovelling apology. Everyone makes mistakes, and if there was a wrong committed, it wasn't against