Thread: Grammar police, need your help. when to use i.e. when to use e.g. ?
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Old 01/10/2008, 11:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Random Aquarist
AD = annô Dominî = in the year of our lord
BC = before Christ

I was always taught that AD was "after death", meaning the death of Christ.


Of course, the end result is the same.
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