How To Use The Etc In A Sentence
If those synonyms make sense you can use etc.
How to use the etc in a sentence. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. Gosh now where do i put that final period. 0 alias expansions will be announced etc. Remember et means and. We won t get into the serial comma issue here when it s in the middle of the sentence it doesn t need to be followed by a comma.
X logfile log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file. If the sentence continues follow the period with a comma no space. If it is in parentheses in the middle of a sentence or at the end of a sentence no comma is needed. This rule is quite simple. Now if you use etc in parenthesis at the end of a sentence you will need to put a period after the parenthesis.
You should never use and et cetera remember et means and and et cetera is redundant. Use a lower case e and follow the c with a period. The bare letters s t n l etc. If you use etc in the middle of a sentence and it is not enclosed in parentheses then you must use a comma after the abbreviation. A good way to test whether etc.
Saying something like i have to do the dishes wash the car clean my room etc etc etc before the party is never correct. My roommate has burgers pizzas and carbonated drinks on a daily basis but i prefer healthy food fruits vegetables cereal etc. As you would the phrase and the rest. You should never use and et cetera. The shell itself is a little disappointing in terms of build quality with stickers misaligned one wheel arch rubbing on a tyre etc.
Though some people think it s cute to use etc more than once in a sentence to stress the fact that many additional items are needed just one etc will suffice. If it is at the end of the sentence. Do not use etc more than once in a sentence. Soon degree adverbs of time manner place etc. When it comes at the end of a list put a comma before it if you use the serial comma and don t if you don t use the serial comma.