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The abbreviation e.g. stands for the Latin exempli gratiā "for example", and should be used when the example(s) given are just one or a few of many. The abbreviation i.e. stands for the Latin id est "that is", and is used to give the only example(s) or to otherwise qualify the statement just made.
A famous example for lexical ambiguity is the following sentence: "Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.", meaning "When flies fly behind flies, then flies fly in pursuit of flies." [40] [circular reference] It takes advantage of some German nouns and corresponding verbs being homonymous. While not noticeable ...
For example, the German sentence Ich esse oft Rinderbraten (I often eat roast beef) is in the standard SVO word order, with the adverb oft (often) immediately after the verb. However, if that adverb is moved to the beginning of the sentence for emphasis, the subject ich (I) is moved to the third position, which places the sentence in VSO order ...
Will Forte and his fiancee, Olivia Modling, are new parents! The Last Man on Earth star revealed that he and his ladylove welcomed a baby girl on Feb. 15, during an appearance on Monday's Conan."I ...
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The basic principle in Japanese word order is that modifiers come before what they modify. For example, in the sentence "こんな夢を見た。" (Konna yume o mita), [7] the direct object "こんな 夢" (this sort of dream) modifies the verb "見た" (saw, or in this case had). Beyond this, the order of the elements in a sentence is ...
The short and more common form of Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit, "Nobody dances sober, unless he happens to be insane," a quote from Cicero (from the speech Pro Murena). nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare: no one is bound to accuse himself (the right to silence) A maxim banning mandatory self-incrimination.
Forte (surname) 8780 Forte, an asteroid; FORTE, Fast On-orbit Rapid Recording of Transient Events satellite; Forte (fencing), a fencing term for the "strong" part of the blade; Forte (typeface), included in various editions of Microsoft Office; Forte (horse), an American thoroughbred race horse; Kia Forte, a mid-size sedan car