How can I avoid using so many "e.g." in my school writing? [closed]
when I write a paper in my class, I use far too many "e.g." inside parentheses. The alternative is to use "for example" and "for instance" like 50 times and that's not better either. Somehow I feel better if I could use parentheses without the "e.g." in them, maybe it will look less messy but also confusing because it doesn't state these are examples...I don't know.
Here's a made-up example:
Some students rely on friends (e.g., for affection), classmates (e.g., for information), coworkers (e.g., for social support), parents (e.g., for financial help), etc.
What should I do?
p.s. I registered my account but this website keeps giving me error. I'm not sure if I'll be able to reply to this post, not sure who to contact.
Do you definitely have to use an explicit "e.g." and must it always be in parentheses?
The example sentence can be written without either:
Students rely on friends, classmates, coworkers and parents for a range of social support such as affection, information and financial help.
Specific examples do not have to be removed from the base statement by parentheses and not every mention of an example needs to be explicitly and separately flagged as such.
Also, "etc." here is a bit confusing. I have no idea what else you suppose belongs in this list.