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Concerning the use of "et cetera"
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:49 am
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:49 am
Dammit. I'm sick and tired of people who spell it "ect".
Look at the phrase "et cetera". There is no "ect" in there - it begins with "et c". The proper abbreviation is "etc." Every time you spell it "ect" America gets one step closer to communism.
And if you don't like it, GFY, DIAF, etc.
Look at the phrase "et cetera". There is no "ect" in there - it begins with "et c". The proper abbreviation is "etc." Every time you spell it "ect" America gets one step closer to communism.
And if you don't like it, GFY, DIAF, etc.
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Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:50 am to foshizzle
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Every time you spell it "ect" America gets one step closer to communism.
Makes sense.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:50 am to foshizzle
Seems like an every day run of the mill tyop to me...
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:50 am to foshizzle
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Dammit. I'm sick and tired of people who spell it "ect".
I'm tired of people who don't put the period inside the quotation marks to end a sentence.
Sorry, had to do it. I agree with your post
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:51 am to foshizzle
i've never seen it spelled ect
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:51 am to foshizzle
Wgfa
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:52 am to foshizzle
eh...I let that one slide. Most people probably can't even spell it.
Now, "supposably" is an entirely different thing.
edit: you're talking about actually writing it...yeah that's bad.
Now, "supposably" is an entirely different thing.
edit: you're talking about actually writing it...yeah that's bad.
This post was edited on 2/23/16 at 10:02 am
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:55 am to foshizzle
People who mix up i.e. and e.g. are pretty bad, too.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:55 am to foshizzle
My question is why are you emailing with morons? I never have this problem 
Posted on 2/23/16 at 9:56 am to foshizzle
Fox McKeithen had an annoying habit of trailing off every other sentence with etcetera, etcetera, like Yul Brynner in the King and I.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:08 am to foshizzle
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Dammit. I'm sick and tired of people who spell it "ect".
There are far more important things such as war, famine ect. to be upset over.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:30 am to foshizzle
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Dammit. I'm sick and tired of people who spell it "ect".
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The Corpus of Historical American English (COHA) paints the following picture:
Just though I should share this since we're grinding gears.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:33 am to foshizzle
I thought they were abbreviating ectoplasm.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 3:58 pm to foshizzle
If you spell it " ect" the terrorists win. And so forth.
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