Some Latin abbreviations used in English



The Latin and the translations are wrong!

Match the abbreviations in the first column
with the full Latin expressions in the second column
and the translations in the third.




Abbreviation

a.m.

A.D.

e.g.

i.e.

n.b.

p.a.

p.m.

ps

Latin

post scriptum

per annum

id est

nota bene

ante meridiem

Anno Domini

post meridiem

exempli gratia

Translation

each year

note well!

In the Year of our Lord

before midday

for example

that is, in other words

written afterwards

after midday




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