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Food for Thought - October 2001

  Notes from Judy
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  Did You Know? i.e. vs. e.g.
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NOTES FROM JUDY

Thank you for the kind words on the loss of my cousin, Rich Nielsen. I have a couple of photos of the family and a few words at this URL: http://www.ossweb.com/mirror-100101.html.

For some reason, my e-mail program did not send the last e-zine to everyone. I believe I have fixed the problem. In the meantime, last month's e-zine is online at http://www.webgrammar.com/fft09-2001.html

My most recent monthly Webgrammar Dictionary Winner is Muhammad Furqan Haroon, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. More on how to win a free dictionary at http://www.webgrammar.com/contest.html

WINDOWS KEYSTROKES AND TIPS

HOW TO GET HELP
To get help for any Windows program, press the Function Key at the top of the keyboard, F1 (that's the number "one," not the letter "l").

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DID YOU KNOW?

Difference between e.g. and i.e.

Have you seen the little forms e.g. and i.e. and wondered what they meant? Okay, I'll tell you. Be aware that you generally use abbreviated forms like these only in informal or technical documents, or documents where space is at a premium (catalogs, forms, etc.).

You use i.e. when you mean "that is." You also use it when you're restating the idea (to be more explicit) or expanding upon it. The origin of i.e. is "id est."

Example: We provide all retailers with the standard discount, i.e., 10%.

You use e.g. when you mean "for example." The origin of e.g. is "exempli gratia."

Example: Shertzer's book has a number of elements, e.g., punctuation, capitalization, parts of a sentence, and confusing words.

In American English, one generally follows i.e. and e.g. with a comma.

Barb Alexander has some good information on this subject at http://209.52.189.2/article.cfm/8707/52862/P>

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http://www.mervo.com/education/

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http://www.speakingofspeech.com

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http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html

PROFESSOR CHARLES DARLING'S GRAMMAR SITE
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http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

THE BASIC COZY GRAMMAR COURSE
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http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com

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AWESOME LIBRARY organizes the Web with over 16,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education. R. Jerry Adams, Ph.D.
www.awesomelibrary.org

BRITTANICA CONCISE
Free answers to questions about about the full range of human knowledge, with more than 25,000 alphabetical entries, covering the arts, business, computers, geography, history, literature, medicine, philosophy, politics and popular culture.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/

CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia in both English and French, numerous interactivities and a quiz in both languages.
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COPSEEK is a law enforcement-related site.
http://www.copseek.com/
EARTH CALENDAR: Daybook of Holidays from around the world
http://www.earthcalendar.net

GUIDE TO ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION
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http://www.hg.org/adr.html

THE NONPROFIT FAQ
Scores of items of information and advice about nonprofits are included in this online resource. The items come from discussions on email lists, in UseNet, and other sources.
http://www.nonprofits.org/npofaq/

INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY ONLINE
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http://www.ipl.org/reading/books/

KID-FRIENDLY CITIES
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http://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2001/

LEXICOOL
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PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY MAP COLLECTION
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WHO2
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HOW BOOK PUBLISHING WORKS by Katherine Neer and Marshall Brain
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"How Stuff Works," and "How Much Does the Earth Weigh?" They take you behind the scenes to see how the "How Stuff Works" book was created. It's good to keep in mind, as you are reading this article, that they were actually working on both books simultaneously so that they would have the same release date.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hsw-book.html

READ THE WEST Celebrating the traditions, culture, art, films, music & literature of the American West
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WEB FREQUENCY INDEXER This page allows you to create a frequency index, or 'word list', of a piece of text. Paste or type in your text below, and select a sort order.
http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/webtools/web_freqs.html

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