How To Use Etc In Middle Of A Sentence
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.
How to use etc in middle of a sentence. Soon degree adverbs of time manner place etc. More than once in a sentence. X logfile log all traffic in and out of mailers in the indicated log file. If it is at the end of the sentence. You can simply say bring items such as cake chocolates and ice cream to the party or bring cake chocolates ice cream etc.
Don t use a comma after etc. An abbreviation of the latin phrase vel similia meaning or similar. As you would the phrase and the rest. The bare letters s t n l etc. 0 alias expansions will be announced etc.
To the party 3 do not use etc. Being extremely pedantic the phrase et cetera means and others which is the wrong conjunction in this context. The shell itself is a little disappointing in terms of build quality with stickers misaligned one wheel arch rubbing on a tyre etc. Gosh now where do i put that final period. If the sentence continues follow the period with a comma no space.
This rule is quite simple. If the dog s imaginary i mean. If it is in parentheses in the middle of a sentence or at the end of a sentence no comma is needed. 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. Examples of et cetera usage less work peter offered cheerily.
Use a lower case e and follow the c with a period. It incorporates a very mixed bag including adverbs of time manner place etc. You could instead use vel sim. Were followed by a comma most people would consider that grammatical. Not so much grooming feeding et cetera meg rosoff just in case i love you to pieces distraction etc j d.