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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
quote:
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
quote:
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 LNCHBOX
quote:
I'm tired of people who don't put the period inside the quotation marks to end a sentence.
this
also hate
people use literally in every sentence when they're saying figurative shite
people who mistake initialisms for acronyms
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 9:54 am to Carson123987
quote:
people who mistake initialisms for acronyms
yup, although ive run across people here who swear the def of acronym has changed to include that of an initialism.
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 10:12 am to Spock's Eyebrow
quote:
People who mix up i.e. and e.g. are pretty bad, too.
I dated a lady who thought "e.g." meant "in other words". I dumped her
Posted on 2/23/16 at 10:14 am to blueridgeTiger
The things to bitch about pile will never deplete.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:01 am to Carson123987
I've literally never seen it spelled ect.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:06 am to RileyTime
quote:
I've literally never seen it spelled ect.
This. OP must work with some retards.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:08 am to foshizzle
quote:
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 11:18 am to geauxnavybeatbama
quote:
i've never seen it spelled ect
Me neither, but I have heard a ton of people pronounce it as if it were ect. The say "eck-cetera."
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