thanks for pointing it out. I wasn't aware that f.e. is not accepted as standard english abbreviation.
To be honest, I couldn't tell if it is accepted or not.
I think it is, but we simply don't see it that often. As far as I can tell, it is perfectly correct to abbreviate in the english language.
Re:JavaScript Garden
by mattmanser on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @11:53AM
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No, f.e. is not an accepted or known abbreviation, it's not perfectly correct. You can try and start one, after all yolo, lol, rotfl. Or perhaps not ;)
When I asked, I was wondering if it was a known abbreviation from an academic field I didn't know. I wouldn't use it, e.g. is the correct abbreviation to use in this instance.
It's simply an abbreviation that doesn't really respect the conventions as you are used to see them.