| 4/7/2008 3:31:33 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
im_geminigirl
Willard, MO
age: 44
| | 1. ect. | | 2. etc. | | 3. ... | | 4. idunno |
I've seen it used...how do you abreviate it?
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| 4/7/2008 3:36:14 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
stormygrl
Casa Grande, AZ
age: 42
| I think etc. ??
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| 4/7/2008 4:00:38 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
tedric
Anchor Point, AK
age: 67
| etc. is correct.
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| 4/7/2008 4:03:04 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
syndrome2480
Winston Salem, NC
age: 27
| Et Cetera is etc. The et and c, not ect. like the majority of people use it.
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| 4/7/2008 4:07:22 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
inersandman
Springfield, OR
age: 48
| Etc. is correct
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| 4/7/2008 4:30:22 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
th6231
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
age: 61 online now!
| Definitely etc. either that or I have been wrong all these years---and doing advertising work was a big part of my life. Good luck to you.
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| 4/7/2008 4:40:07 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
ezza74
Victoria
Australia
age: 34
| Well thats how it's done here in Australia, but America has quiet a few different spellings, terms, abbrieviations etc. to us Aussies.. (and no, I can't spell all that well!)
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| 4/7/2008 4:43:41 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
belladreams
Binghamton, NY
age: 38
| ect. is the correct amundo in the zundo......lol.... you know i type these at work.......these dotted lines for periods....this is a very bad bad habbit.
[Edited 4/7/2008 4:44:13 PM]
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| 4/7/2008 5:02:30 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
cmjanew
Sayre, PA
age: 49
| Definitions of 'etc.'
(et set?r-?, setr?) - 1 definition - The American Heritage® Dictionary
et cetera And other unspecified things of the same class; and so forth.
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| 4/7/2008 6:40:46 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
grndchmp
Lexington, KY
age: 54
| and another thing!!!!!
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| 4/7/2008 6:52:18 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
paclantchief
New Port Richey, FL
age: 58
| However my fat fingerrs hit da keysetc,erv,etx not easy for two fingered hunt and peck wid sausage digits
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| 4/7/2008 7:38:36 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
knittinkitten
Lady Lake, FL
age: 72
| Definitely! etc.
KK
(The writer/Editor)
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| 4/7/2008 10:18:23 PM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
daddyduck
Splendora, TX
age: 54
| wrong mostly, but I got a stupid Computer
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| 4/8/2008 2:20:00 AM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
cmjanew
Sayre, PA
age: 49
| etc = 8
ect = 1
Doh!!!!!
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| 4/8/2008 3:11:56 AM | How do you abreviate Et Cetera? | |
oletafive
Rattan, OK
age: 61
| I hope this helps to untangle our complicated language a bit.
Encarta defines:
etc.
abbr
Definition:
et cetera
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MLA:
et cetera
etc.
and other
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (unabridged)
etc.
et cetera
and so forth
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et cetera also et.cae.tera
and others esp. of the same kind: and so on: and so forth
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el·lip·sis [ i lípsiss ] (plural el·lip·ses [ i líp s?z ])
noun
Definition:
1. omission of implied word: the omission of one or more words from a sentence, especially when what is omitted can be understood from the context. The omission of "go" at the end of "I went but my wife didn't" is an example of ellipsis.
2. mark indicating omitted text: a printed mark, usually three dots (...), or, less often, asterisks (***), used to indicate that something has been omitted from a text
Early 17th century. Latin (see ellipse)
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