see/cf. followed by e.g. / for example Consider the following sentences:


foo is bar (see, for example, baz).
foo is bar (see, e.g., baz).
foo is bar (cf. for example baz).
foo is bar (cf. e.g., baz).


Which of these are valid to use, and which is better? Or - does it depend on what we actually instead of foo, bar and baz?
The recent trend in non-legal English formal writing is to just use the English equivalent of the Latin abbreviation, so compare rather than cf. and for example rather than e.g. This also obviates the confusion about what cf. means and the distinction between e.g. and i.e.

On the other hand, using Latin abbreviations like et al. and ibid. for citations makes more sense.