GNU bug report logs - #64718
29.0.92; [PATCH] Use 'e.g.' in admin/notes/bugtracker

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64718 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64718: 29.0.92; [PATCH] Use 'e.g.' in admin/notes/bugtracker
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:17:17 -0400

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  > this is a small change in admin/notes/bugtracker turning all occurrences
  > of eg into e.g.  This change is against the release branch.

In the long term, it would be best to replace "e.g."  with "for
example".  Some people have never heard of those Latin abbreviations.
Likewise "i.e." and the others,

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