How To Use Etc Abbreviation

At the end of a list introduced by such as or including placing a period after each letter in an acronym or an initialism.

How to use etc abbreviation. 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 you find that only reaction abbreviations appear in the chat flow lol omg or such graphical symbols as and etc then it s better not to overuse other unknown examples. As you would the phrase and the rest. Don t use a comma after etc. And viz.

To use etc correctly use it in instances where you would say and so forth for example if you are making a list of possible desserts and want to express that there could be more items than the ones you have listed write cakes cupcakes ice cream etc do not use etc more than once and do not use etc to refer to people. 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. Though there are exceptions as a general rule omit the periods. Remember et means and. Et cetera english.

That offer partial examples. Using the abbreviation etc. And et cetera is redundant. ɛtˈsɛtərə latin. Translated literally from latin et means and while cētera means the rest.

ɛt ˈkeːtɛra abbreviated to etc etc et cet c or c is a latin expression that is used in english to mean and other similar things or and so forth. ˌet ˈsetərə ˌɪt ˈsetərə. Thus the expression means and the rest of such things. There are lots of fruits this season apples mangoes grapes etc. The latin abbreviation etc.

Notably the abbreviation for etc. Jump to other results. If those synonyms make sense you can use etc. Before you begin using any abbreviations from our list look through the chat history. Short for et cetera means and others never write and etc do not use etc.