180201 Grant Edwards wrote:
> You also use e.g. when giving multiple examples.  To quote Grammar Girl.
>   "I like card games, e.g. bridge and crazy eights.
>   "Some people in life suffer misfortunes, e.g. fire, flood,
>    earthquake or a meteor strike."

And while we're at it (grin), 'e.g.' has the same force as 'etc',
so it's duplicating effort to write 'e.g. fire, flood etc'.

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