Feedback

Tag cloud

What's your question? Be descriptive.

By: [ Admin ] Asked from Denmark

Is it always "etc."?

Is it always "etc." or can "etc" also be used?

Could this be broadened to other abbreviations? [I am not sure about the grammar here. Leave comments and I will edit.]

Example:

I want to implement modules such as comment, rating, tag, etc to my entities.

or

I want to implement modules such as comment, rating, tag, etc. to my entities.

?

The Wiktionary entry for "etc" redirects to etc. so I suppose the second line is the correct one. But it looks strange with a full stop in the middle of the sentence.

Add comment viewed 158 times Latest activity over 1 year ago

NN comments
bill
-

If you don’t like the look of etc. you could switch out to the full et cetera.

or Cancel

1 answer

  • 3

lametón [ Editor ]

Yes, abbreviations must be marked always with a period, as in U.S.A., H.M.S., i.e., e.g., esq., Inc., etc. As you can see in my previous sentence, you should treat it as part of the word, as the ' in some plurals, for example, "Whose roses are those? They're Marias'" <- See, you don't stop writing ' just because you need to put ".

NN comments
jb_44
-

As I saw in your previous sentence, you didn’t end it with a duplicate period. Any rule for that?

bill
-
: Basic rule for an individual punction mark: one or none. Generally there isn’t a case where you would want to use .., ,,, '', !!, ??, etc.

or Cancel

Question's Contributors

Question Badges

Related Questions