How To Use E G And Etc

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How to use e g and etc. If it is at the end of the sentence. Don t use a comma after etc. To use etc correctly use it in instances where you would say and so forth for example if you are making a list of possible desserts and want to express that there could be more items than the ones you have listed write cakes cupcakes ice cream etc do not use etc more than once and do not use etc to refer to people. Is and so on however some people consider etc. I e e g and etc.

At the end of the list. There are a few latin terms that are still commonly used in english scholarly writing including the abbreviations e g and i e sometimes writers use these abbreviations interchangeably but these terms mean different things and it is important to use the correct abbreviation to ensure that the meaning of a sentence is retained. Together because you wouldn t use for instance meaning as an example and then use and so on meaning others. But confusingly it lists only i e. Should that happen to poor as yet unaffected places e g most of south asia and africa the suffering can be great.

As you may guess you use it to introduce one or more examples. And and so on lazy. Is used to introduce a few examples not a complete list. But makes the mistake of adding etc. Don t worry about listing every possibility.

Yes maybe we don t have to use common abbreviations such as i e e g. Thus to avoid being redundant we should not add etc. At the end of a list introduced by e g. A good way to test whether etc. This article will define the meanings of each of these latin shortened forms and explain how to use them correctly in formal contexts.

Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. Arguably the easiest of the bunch etc is short for et cetera which means and the rest. When we use e g we tell the reader that we are providing a few examples. Sentence 2 correctly uses e g. A few additional points.