How do you abbreviate the word 'example'?
ANSWER EG ANSWER In English we do not abbreviate the word example; we abbreviate the expression "for example" by using the initials of the Latin terms "exempli gratia" (e.g.), what actually mean exempli (examples in the plural) and gratia (gratuity, as a favor, by grace). "E.g." is often confused with "i.e." - the initials of the Latin "id est", id (that) est (is). As a rule of usage, both are always used with period after each letter and followed by a comma. (e.g.,) (i.e.,)