for example
- 1As an example: used to introduce one instance of what has just been said.
The new policy has several problems. For example, it never says who will pay for the extra staff.
Words borrowed from French, ballet and café for example, often keep their original spelling.
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Note
A linking phrase that can open a sentence or sit just after the item it points to (the book, for example, never explains why), usually set off by commas either way. Such as and the informal like do similar work but attach straight to a noun with no commas: languages such as French. In writing, the abbreviation e.g. often takes its place.
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