learn the rule: e.g. or i.e.?

• I.e. and e.g. are abbreviations that derive from Latin terms, but have entered mainstream language
• I.e. is the abbreviation of id est and means that is or in other words
• I need to buy some potatoes, i.e., I have run out of potatoes.
• I am not ugly, i.e., shut your face.
• E.g. is the abbreviation of exempli gratia and means for example
• I have smelly things, e.g., my socks.
• Most people are ugly, e.g., you.
• Both should have a comma after them when in proper use.
• I.e. never means 'for example.'
• Ways to remember:
• E.g. -> example given
• I.e. -> in essence
• The two are not interchangeable.
• Getting it wrong makes you smellier than a really smelly thing, e.g., a fart in a lift, i.e., you smell.
• And you're ugly.