How To Use Etc In Parentheses

This rule is quite simple.

How to use etc in parentheses. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. You should never use and et cetera remember et means and and et cetera is redundant. Yes you put a period after etc because that is an abbreviation and you also put a period at the end of the sentence. X y z et cetera. If you use etc in the middle of a sentence and it is not enclosed in parentheses then you must use a comma after the abbreviation.

Now if you use etc in parenthesis at the end of a sentence you will need to put a period after the parenthesis. If it is at the end of the sentence. A good way to test whether etc. Remember the period in etc signifies it s an abbreviation et cetera so you need the period after the parentheses to complete the full stop. 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.

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. We won t get into the serial comma issue here when it s in the middle of the sentence it doesn t need to be followed by a comma. I prefer healthy food such as fruits vegetables cereals etc. Normally it is our preference to use for example and that is even inside parentheses and when written out in full we would always use a comma afterwards. How to use correct punctuation.

If it is in parentheses in the middle of a sentence or at the end of a sentence no comma is needed. Think of it as if you were writing. X z etc one period for the etc and another for the end of the sentence. As you would the phrase and the rest. Pointhas linear velocity has a tendency this openstax book is available for free at cnx who else would be required of the displacement from the center of mass cm frame.

When using e g or i e inside brackets whether or not we used a comma afterwards would probably depend on the document how they were being used and how often. This will look odd sorry.