How To Use The Etc In A Sentence
Do not use etc more than once in a sentence.
How to use the etc in a sentence. Don t use a comma after etc. The bare letters s t n l etc. To use etc correctly use it in instances where you would say and so forth. Don t use a comma after etc. You should never use and et cetera.
This rule is quite simple. As you would the phrase and the rest. Similar circumstances for i e and e g. Saying something like i have to do the dishes wash the car clean my room etc etc etc before the party is never correct. 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.
And et cetera is redundant. 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. If it is at the end of the sentence. My roommate has burgers pizzas and carbonated drinks on a daily basis but i prefer healthy food fruits vegetables cereal etc. 0 alias expansions will be announced etc.
Use a lower case e and follow the c with a period. X logfile log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file. 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. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. 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.
Gosh now where do i put that final period. How to use correct punctuation. Soon degree adverbs of time manner place etc. If those synonyms make sense you can use etc. If it is in parentheses in the middle of a sentence or at the end of a sentence no comma is needed.