Showing posts with label etc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etc. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Usage of "etc."

‘etc.’ is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase ‘et cetera’ and means and other things. It is used to represent the logical continuation in a series. Do not use ‘and etc.’ because then you are saying ‘and and other things.’

Incorrect: He ate bread, butter, and etc.
Correct: He ate bread, butter, etc.