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abbreviation/ˌiː ˈdʒiː/
/ˌiː ˈdʒiː/
- for example(from Latin ‘exempli gratia’)
- popular pets, e.g. cats and dogs
Language Bank e.g.e.g.Giving examples- The website has a variety of interactive exercises (e.g. matching games, crosswords and quizzes).
- The website has a variety of interactive exercises, including matching games, crosswords and quizzes.
- Internet technologies, such as wikis, blogs and social networking sites, have changed the way that people find information and interact with it.
- Many websites allow users to contribute information. A good example of this is the ‘wiki’, a type of website that anyone can edit.
- Wikis vary in how open they are. For example, some wikis allow anybody to edit content, while others only allow registered users to do this.
- Wikis vary in how open they are. Some wikis, for example/for instance, allow anybody to edit content, while others only allow registered users to do this.
- More and more people read their news on the internet. To take one example, over 14 million people now read the online version of ‘The Oxford Herald’.
- Online newspapers are now more popular than paper ones. ‘The Oxford Herald’ is a case in point. Its print circulation has fallen in recent years, while its website attracts millions of users every month.
Word Originfrom Latin exempli gratia ‘for the sake of example’.
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