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No I am abbreviating the words: for example. Why should I abbreviate exempli gratia when I never say that?
because f.ex is confusing to the reader because it's not widely used. i was about to ask the same question before i saw redsturgeon ask it tbh
It's widely used in certain languages that aren't english (on the norwegian speaking internet f.eks is used all the time), maybe OP is ESL?
I guess because it's the standard convention? I don't care what you do I just wanted to check that I'm understanding you correctly.
Well forgive me for acting defensive. That's the way we use our broken English here and nobody has an issue with it, so it caught me off guard and ended up being pretty defensive about it. Maybe I should leave the American online spaces because I end up doing more harm than good with my confusion and then I can't even handle the conflict that arises from it because I'm not good at handling this and idk how I'd convince all the people to talk to to switch their language use to adjust with the mainstream English even if I wanted to try and it's just a mess. Also it's my fault and I started this so I take the full responsibility.
I'm sorry for making you feel the need to be defensive please accept this hug.
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