## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <eg>

`<eg>` | (example (exempli gratia)) (in a dictionary) contains an example text containing at least one occurrence of the word form, used in the sense being described; examples may be quoted from (named) authors or contrived.
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from dictionaries, dictionaryParts, dictionaryTopLevel

Example

Note | In some dictionaries the quoted example may be followed by a bibliographic citation for the source; this citation may be tagged with the tags described in section 6.10 Bibliographic Citations and References. The quotation and the indication of its source should be enclosed in a `<cit>` element.
Module | Declared in file teidict2; Base tag set for dictionaries: enabled by TEI.dictionary
Class | dictionaryTopLevel; dictionaryParts; dictionaries
Data Description | May contain a quotation, pronunciation, definition, or translation information.
May contain | case cit colloc def eg etym form gen gramGrp hom hyph itype lbl mood number oRef oVar orth pRef pVar per pos pron q quote re sense stress subc superEntry syll tns tr trans usg xr
May occur within | dictScrap eg entry entryFree etym hom re sense trans

Declaration

    <!ELEMENT eg %om.RO;  ( q | quote | cit | %m.dictionaryParts;
                           | %m.formPointers; )+ >
    <!ATTLIST eg
          %a.global;
          %a.dictionaries;>

See further | 12.3.5.1 Examples

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