2011年1月10日 · If a statement ends with “etc.” the period in the abbreviation does double duty, serving as the full stop to end the sentence. If, however, you need another mark of punctuation …

2015年10月28日 · Example: If you forgot your toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorent, etc., you will not be allowed to attend. Make sure you bring your fishing pole, tackle, bait, etc. as we will not …

2016年12月13日 · In most cases I see a full stop after "etc" in the middle of a sentence but if it means "and the rest" or "and other things" then why should there be a full stop? Also, at the …

In their The Elements of Style, Strunk and White discourage the use of "etc." at the end of such lists. Update: Another reference is A Handbook for Scholars (2nd edition) by Mary-Claire Van …

2010年8月20日 · Regarding commas before and (or any conjunction) at the end of the list, that is a matter of huge debate. The subject is well-discussed on the Wikipedia page for the serial …

2024年1月8日 · The use of the words "and" and "well" at the end of a sentence that is a list - conversational inclusion of the word "well" Hot Network Questions What actor has been killed …

The dot in etc. is the dot for the abbreviation; the solutions are: If the abbreviation is outside of parentheses, you use only one dot, because it serves for both the abbreviation and the …

2012年10月21日 · Therefore, either the sentence made a mistake and used e.g. instead of etc., or it placed e.g. in a rare position (at the end of the sentence). After further discussion it appears …

2013年11月14日 · The reason it's awkward is because etc. means “and other things”: et cetera. For your use, you need “or other things”, for which there is no Latin phrase in English (it would …

2015年4月3日 · I think you are looking for "etc.", which you do put at the end of your list. It means "and other things", "and so on". Informally, you could say it means "and stuff like that". E.g. …