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Common abbreviations in English papers
When reading English literary works, you will often encounter, for example, and so on. , etc., that is, and that is, are Latin abbreviations, but they are still widely used in modern scientific and technological literature.

Note that Latin abbreviations are only used in written language, and modern English vocabulary is used in common spoken language. For example, if I.E. uses is, it can be pronounced with the modern word is and its Latin id est. Of course, it is more direct to read "Eye eee" alphabetically.

The full name of i.e. is id test, which means: that is or in other words.

Objective: When you want to add the content of the first part of the sentence, give the reader more information, so as to explain the first part of the sentence in more detail and make the reader understand it better. Follow up what you want to add after i.e. and further explain the previous content.

Example:

1. I am a vegetarian, that is, I don't eat any animal products.

I am a vegetarian, that is to say, I don't eat any animal food.

He works the early shift, that is, from 6 am to 6 pm. He works the early shift, that is, from 6 am to afternoon 1.

The full name of eg is exempli gratia, which means: for example (for example or as or as).

Objective: To provide readers with an example to illustrate what you mean.

Example:

It's et alia ("and others; And colleagues ",etc. It is almost always used when listing the authors of documents, that is, after listing the main author, all other authors are placed in et al.

Example: The results are consistent with those published by pelon et al. (2002).

These results are consistent with those published by Pelon et al.

Note: 1. Used in human occasions and so on. (etc.) Used in inanimate situations.

2. Don't add "."after et, because et is not an abbreviation.

3. After adding "."3.al, it is an abbreviation;

Unlike etc. Do not put a comma in front of et al.

5. If et al. is at the end of the sentence, there is no need to repeat two ".";

6. If it is followed by "? ! , "and other punctuation marks that you need." ;

7.7. Don't put a comma before et al.

It is wait ("wait; And others; And other things; And the rest; And so on ". ). At the end of the list, it means that the previous examples are not listed, and the word "and so on" is added at the end.

I need to go to the store to buy some pies, milk, cheese, etc.

I need to go to the store to buy some pies, milk, cheese, etc.

Note: 1.etc should be preceded by a comma.

2. Don't use etc at the end of E.G.' s list (it is not appropriate to use etc after the list after including), because E.G. means to give a few general examples, not including all examples, including "and so on". If you add etc. That would be redundant. For example, the writing instructor pays attention to some complex skills that need a lot of practice (such as organization, clear expression, logical thinking, etc. ) no.

It is the abbreviation of Videlicet (namely, namely, preciously, namely). Unlike, for example, the viz is before the parity list, and all the items contained in the words before it should be listed.

Example: "Each symbol represents one of the four elements, namely, earth, air, fire and water" (each symbol represents one of the following four elements, namely, earth, air, fire and water).

Note: there is no comma after viz.