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re: Concerning the use of "et cetera"
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:19 am to LNCHBOX
Posted on 2/23/16 at 11:19 am to LNCHBOX
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I'm tired of people who don't put the period inside the quotation marks to end a sentence.
I think that's actually a bug in the language. If what you're quoting is a complete sentence, then include the period in the quotes. If you're just quoting a few words, the period belongs to your sentence, not the quoted text. I know that's not the way it's supposed to be but it would fix the bug.
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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 1:17 pm to MountainTiger
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quote:
I'm tired of people who don't put the period inside the quotation marks to end a sentence.
I think that's actually a bug in the language. If what you're quoting is a complete sentence, then include the period in the quotes. If you're just quoting a few words, the period belongs to your sentence, not the quoted text.
I agree with you and that's why I do it that way.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:18 pm to BACONisMEATcandy
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My question is why are you emailing with morons?
I see it on this board reasonably often. It's on Reddit a bunch too, but most of them actually are morons.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 1:47 pm to fr33manator
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I thought they were abbreviating ectoplasm
Darn it, beat me too it.
Posted on 2/23/16 at 2:12 pm to foshizzle
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I think that's actually a bug in the language. If what you're quoting is a complete sentence, then include the period in the quotes. If you're just quoting a few words, the period belongs to your sentence, not the quoted text. I agree with you and that's why I do it that way.
Same here.
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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