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Subject:Re: QUERY: spelling, e.g. or eg From:Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Feb 2002 23:09:43 -0500
Brian Hooper wrote:
>
> Lately, in tech documentation, I've been seeing "for example"
> abbreviated as "eg" and not "e.g.". Is this a new accepted spelling for
> it?
My preferred form is "for example". It's short enough in most contexts,
and I think it is more readable.
For "e.g.", I think the periods are mandatory.
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