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Originally Posted by ShadowChemosh
The question was "Do you use any character generation software (ie Hero Lab).". This is similar to question of "Do you use a smart phone (ie iPhone)".
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Pro tip: "ie" is used to refer to a singular element, and "eg" is used to refer to an example from multiple possibilities.
So you could say something like: Do you use any character generation software (e.g. Hero Lab)?
Or you could say something like: Do you use LWD's character generation software (i.e. Hero Lab)?
The method I use to remember the difference is by thinking of "e.g." as "example given", which is actually close to the Latin (i.e. the language from which these abbreviations were derived).
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/edu...r/ie-versus-eg
EDIT: OK, I stated an error regarding the usage of i.e. It's not necessarily a single item so much as a finite list. "I like RPGs, i.e. Pathfinder and Shadowrun," means that of all the RPGs, those are the only two you like.
"I like RPGs, e.g. Pathfinder and Shadowrun," means those are just two examples of the RPGs you like, but you do like others as well.