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Old 07-14-2011, 04:31 AM   #101
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Originally Posted by DMB View Post
Don't you ever use other Latin abbreviations such as "etc.", "e.g." or "i.e."?
Not a lot. Of those 3 you mention, I only use "etc". Etcetera is also adopted into the Dutch language (the same with nota bene).

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Originally Posted by Freeshadow View Post
It might well be, that in Dutch (as in Polish or German) said abbreviaitions are made from local idioms.

etc.: DE=usw. (und so weiter) PL=itd. (i tak dalej)
e.g.: DE=z.B. (zum Beispiel) PL=np. (na przykład)

where I can positively prove the use of lat. abbreviations is in case of footnotes in German when you want to avoid repetition of a footnotes content and say ibid or l.c. instead.
etc = etc
e.g. = bijv. (bijvoorbeeld)
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