This Has Nothing To Do With Microsoft

By Brian Filed in Links, Misc Tagged with bad grammar, bad writing, i.e. vs. e.g., The Oatmeal September 1st, 2010 @ 1:58 pm

That guy at The Oatmeal covers one of my pet writing peeves: the proper and improper uses of i.e. and e.g.

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