How To Use Etc Properly

Note that if the two clauses are very wordy or complex it is better to use a period full stop and form two sentences instead.

How to use etc properly. Etc is avoided in academic writing because it makes writing vague or non specific. This is an example of a grammatically correct usage of etc. It is informal by nature and means and other things and so forth or and so on macquarie dictionary 2017. To use the same names on host 2 we have to add the addresses and names to its hosts file as well. You should never use and et cetera remember et means and and et cetera is redundant.

What does this mean in the above example we only configured the hosts file of host 1 and we can only use the domain names on it. Don t use a comma after etc. The proper use of a semicolon is similar but not identical to that of a comma. The use of etc was never taught to us in school as it was always considered as an abbreviation. As you would the phrase and the rest 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.

When you want to spell out or clarify something. Et cetera refers to things et al. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. This abbreviation comes from the latin term id est and means in other words or that is you use i e. If it is at the end of the sentence.

The semicolon marks the end of one independent clause and the start of another within a single sentence. In this lesson you will learn the proper usage of the word etc etc is used as a short way to say so on. A good way to test whether etc. Saying something like i have to do the dishes wash the car clean my room etc etc etc before the party is never correct. Because et means and the phrase and et cetera is redundant.

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. Do not use etc more than once in a sentence. For example the sporting goods store sells sneakers sports bras socks etc and so on is a synonym for etc.