《Using i.e. and e.g. correctly》1
The abbreviation “i.e.” stands for id est, which is Latin for “that is.”
The abbreviation “e.g.” stands for the Latin phrase exempli gratia, meaning “for example.”
哇，国外的正规引号的写法真的就是中文的引号！？
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LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
Unicode: U+201C，UTF-8: E2 80 9C
分号是这么用的：
All employees will receive the standard discount; i.e., 20 percent.
...we technically have created a compound sentence...
So we use a semicolon to join the two independent clauses.