Some Latin phrases and abbreviations should now be considered part of the English language.
Of course that means that their meaning is (in principle) decoupled from what they used to mean in Latin, and maybe one day it will be obviously correct to say that one meaning of "i.e." in English is "for example". But that day is not yet.
Of course that means that their meaning is (in principle) decoupled from what they used to mean in Latin, and maybe one day it will be obviously correct to say that one meaning of "i.e." in English is "for example". But that day is not yet.