- abbreviations - Differences between e. g. , viz. and i. e - English . . .
viz : 'Namely' or 'as follows' Similar to e g , it lists examples, but it is normally used when there is a definitive, complete list Edit: As @Daniel Roseman says in the comment below, this is rarely used today He likes some fruits, viz , apples and oranges 'apples and oranges' are the only fruits he likes
- Correct usage of viz. ? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The noble gases, viz , helium, neon, argon, xenon, krypton, and radon, show a non-expected behaviour when exposed to this new element Viz is short for the Latin videlicet , which means namely Though I am a native English speaker, and I would not find this weird or inappropriate, it is uncommon, and most people would have to look it up in a dictionary
- pronunciation - How is viz. pronounced? - English Language Usage . . .
However, I have never (knowingly) heard anyone do this, and would probably simply pronounce it as "viz" myself Also, anyone who knows of Viz Comic (warning, not entirely suitable for work) - which essentially means anyone who was in their teens or twenties and living in the UK since the 1980s - will enjoy the associations brought back by hearing the word
- punctuation - When should viz. be followed by a comma? - English . . .
Since viz is the Latin abbreviation equivalent of namely, the "comma customary" guideline presumably applies to it Elsewhere (at 15 45) Chicago includes viz on its lengthy list of scholarly abbreviations, about which it says, "Note that Latin abbreviations are normally set in in roman "
- etymology - What is the correct usage of “vis-à-vis”? - English . . .
Usage eventually extended to include the alternate meaning of with regard to, and in modern-day discourse it is accepted to use with regard to and vis-à-vis interchangeably In fact, many people will get confused when you use it to convey its original meaning since the alternate meaning has overshadowed it
- synonyms - What are the replacements for i. e. and what are their . . .
You may be thinking of videlicet < vidēre licet, abbreviated viz in print but originally a scribal abbreviation employing Tironian et: vi⁊ This is usually read aloud as “namely”, and has a slightly different nuance compared with i e , which you can look up in any general reference book
- pronunciation - How are i. e. and e. g. pronounced? - English . . .
While most English speakers will recognize the meaning of "eye ee" when spoken, saying "that is" is clearer e g is used for providing one or many examples and should be spoken "for example" While i e and e g are relatively common, other abbreviated or initialized latinisms, such as viz , are less frequent and their English translation should certainly be provided when reading from a text that includes a latinism
- grammatical number - Spelling and plural of abbreviation hi vis . . .
It's extremely uncommon for new singular words ending in "s" to be pronounced with a "z" sound; a "proper" spelling (even though one can never say that the spelling of a new word that isn't a brand name or technical coinage is proper until it has achieved a certain critical mass of usage) would probably be the hyphenated hi-viz
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