"cf."

From: BestATN@hidden.email
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:51:00 EDT
Subject: "cf."
To: katanda@yahoogroups.com

In a message dated 2002-08-25 10:23:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:

what means "cf."? i mean it surely means "compare", but why is it "cf."?

stefo,
it's one of the numerous latin abbreviations english uses. yes, it does mean "compare" (and that's how it's read, too, along with just reading the letters), but it's from latin "confer".
Steven

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