To: bagwajohn who wrote (220174 ) 12/14/2011 7:06:55 AM From: T L Comiskey Respond to re..spellinget caetera et coetera et cœtera etc. &c. &/c. &e. &ct., &ca. ampersand is a ligature of "et".et cetera is often used to delete the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example, in the following expression…We will need a lot of bread: wheat, granary, wholemeal, etc. … the "etc." stands for "and other types of bread". It is an error to say or write "and etc." in which the word "and" would be redundant. This would translate as "and and the rest".full stop (period), and it is customary—even in British English where the serial comma is typically not used—that "etc." always be preceded by a comma. Thus: citation needed ]At the end of a sentence it should be followed by a period as in ", et cetera." or ", etc." or indicated by three periods (an ellipsis ) as in: who? ] (particularly in Britain) no longer require either the preceding comma or the following stop.[ citation needed ]greengrocer supplies a list of fruit to choose for the luncheon.
