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uncommon-syntax.md

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 # Uncommon Syntax
 
-* **i.e.** --- _id est_ ("that is")
+* [**i.e.**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases_(I)#id_est)
+    --- _id est_ ("that is")
 
-* **e.g.** --- _exempli gratia_ ("for example")
+* [**e.g.**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exempli_gratia)
+    --- _exempli gratia_ ("for example")
+
+* [**viz.**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz.)
+    --- _videlicet_, from _videre licet_ ("which is")
+
+    > In contrast to i.e. and e.g.,
+    > viz. is used to indicate a detailed description of something stated before,
+    > and when it precedes a list of group members,
+    > it implies (near) completeness.
 
 ## Symbols
 
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 > [!cite] [Compound point - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_point)
 > * **;---** --- Semicolon dash.
 > A more emphatic or longer semicolon.
->
+> 
 > * **.---** --- Stop dash.
 > A full stop that emphasizes the sentence it starts.
->
+> 
 > * **,---** --- Comma dash.
 > A mark used in various ways:
 > to mark parentheticals
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 > as a more emphatic comma;
 > or for separating several clauses with a common dependence
 > from the clause on which they depend.
->
+> 
 > * **:---** --- Colon dash.
 > A mark that indicates a list, the contents of which start on the next line; or as a more emphatic colon.