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I adopted it as etc or e.t.c. just seemed so clunky
by wjdp 3y ago
I adopted it as etc or e.t.c. just seemed so clunky
- 1-more 3y agoDots are used to denote that the previous character is an initial for a longer word. Since "et" is a whole word you only put the dot after the "c" that stands for "cetera" so "e.t.c" is kind of a hypercorrection like octopi, ignorami, or habañero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection