<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div>Does anyone know why "e.g."  and  "i.e." are being edited out of journals, especially JOV?  They're well understood concise short-hand for cumbersome longer phrases, so I would like to understand the objections to using them.</div><div>Thanks</div><div>QZ</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Qasim Zaidi PhD<br>SUNY Distinguished Professor <br><br>Graduate Center for Vision Research, <br>State University of New York College of Optometry,<br>33 West 42nd St, New York, NY  10036.<br>Office: 212-938-5542; Lab: 212-938-5756; Fax: 212-938-5537<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:qz@sunyopt.edu" target="_blank">qz@sunyopt.edu</a><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://sunyopt.edu/labs/Zaidi/index.php" target="_blank">https://sunyopt.edu/labs/Zaidi/index.php</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>