Nick Sherman on Nostr: Pedantic Service Announcements: “circa” means “approximately”. Don’t use it ...

Pedantic Service Announcements:

“circa” means “approximately”. Don’t use it when giving exact dates.

Before a date, “c.” usually means “circa”, “(c)” means “copyright”, and “ca.” means “circa”.

“i.e.” means “that is” (i.e. “in other words”).

“e.g.” means “for the sake of an example” (i.e. “for example”).

“&” originated as a ligature of “et” which means “and”.

“&c.” and “etc.” are short for “et cetera” which means “and the rest”. “And etc.” is redundant.

“O.G.” means “original gangster”.