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What do the letters "i.e." mean ??? ?? ?

I.E. is short for the Latin "id est" meaning "that is" in English. While reading aloud the English translation is always used.

It is quite often used as a substitute for the words "that is" in formal texts. General preceeding "i.e." in a sentence, one writes a point or statement which clarifies something preceeding it in the sentence. As such it is quite often after a comma.

The black coat of Mark's is ruined, i.e. the one he wear to funerals.

Thus clarifying that it is not one of Mark's many other black coats.





What is LETTERS IE?

We are an effort to fund the digitalisation of history using funding generated from advertising. Letters IE is part of the Letter Repository which is an archive of personal letters from normal people of the 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a historical genealogical and literary reference site.

In particular letters.ie hosts the following subdomains.

love.letters.ie - Romantic Love Letters
ww1.letters.ie - Letters from World War One
ww2.letters.ie - Letters from World War Two



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