What is EG?
Eg is the abbreviation of exempli grata.
This Latin abbreviation is common mainly in legal texts, both in the form eg and also vg (verbi gratia), which has a meaning equivalent to that of exempli gratia.
Thus, one should use eg to indicate that the following text consists of examples referring to what is before the abbreviation.
Example: “Do not forget to buy fruits (eg apples, bananas, grapes and pears).”
Normally, eg should be used in parentheses, followed by examples that are related to the previous sentence, as in the example above.
It is advisable to use the Latin abbreviation, mainly because it is easy to understand in other languages, for example.
EG and IE
Ie means “that is”. Just as eg, ie is also common in legal or scientific texts, for example.
Unlike eg, which is used to give examples of what has been said, ie serves to signal the explanation, specification or description of a statement made earlier in the text.
Example: “The whale is a mammal, ie an animal that is generated in the female’s uterus and feeds on breast milk.”
Other Meanings of EG
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|---|
| EG | ETSI Guide |
| EG | Early Generation |
| EG | Economic Geography |
| EG | Eddie George |
| EG | Eddie Guerrero |
| EG | Edge-Of-Gutter |
| EG | Egregious |
| EG | Egypt |
| EG | Eingetragene Genossenschaft |
| EG | Electric Guitar |
| EG | Electronic Government |
| EG | Electronic Gun |
| EG | Ellie Goulding |
| EG | Emanuel Ginobili |
| EG | Embryonic Gonad |
| EG | Emergency Gear |
| EG | Emergency Generator |
| EG | Emission Guidelines |
| EG | Empyrean Guard |
| EG | Ender’s Game |
| EG | Endoglucanase |
| EG | Energy Gap |
| EG | Engine Generator |
| EG | Engineering Graphics |
| EG | Enola Gay |
| EG | Entertainment Gathering |
| EG | Enttäuschte Grüße |
| EG | Envelope Generator |
| EG | Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis |
| EG | Epileptic Gaming |
| EG | Equal Gain |
| EG | Equal Gain Least Squares |
| EG | Equipment Ground |
| EG | Equipment Group |
| EG | Erdgeschoss |
| EG | Esophagogastric |
| EG | Ethylene Glycol |
| EG | Euclidean Geometry |
| EG | Eurographics |
| EG | Europeiska Gemenskapen |
| EG | Europese Gemeenschap |
| EG | Europäische Gemeinschaft |
| EG | Evil Geniuses |
| EG | Evil Grin |
| EG | Exempli Gratia |
| EG | Exercise Guide |
| EG | Expert Group |
| EG | Expert Gunner |
| EG | Extreme Games |
