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Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI
I'm talking about explaining it to someone who is starting out and/or doesn't know the clear distinction between something so the person doesn't just go by gut reactions
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With "i.e." you're clarifying something. You could substitute the clarification back into the sentence with no meaning lost:
"He decided to fill the jar with guano (i.e. bat droppings)."
You could easily substitute that back in:
"He decided to fill the jar with bat droppings."
And the sentence is pretty much the same in essence.
"Eating pushpins is about as safe as playing with live current (i.e. not that safe at all)." => "Eating pushpins is not that safe at all."
With "e.g," you're just listing a few examples that don't necessarily constitute an exhaustive list. There may be a lot more than you aren't listing but are equally valid.
"I love classical-music FFR charts (e.g. OMW, Revo, and Molto)."
You might argue that these things are examples that "clarify" with something specific, too, like with "i.e.", but it doesn't work:
"I love the OMW, Revo, and Molto FFR charts."
Now you make it sound like you like ONLY those three, whereas the original sentence was much broader in scope.