![]() ![]() ![]() The Chicago Manual of Style says that etc. have the advantage of being vegetables. Garner’s point is that if we replaced etc. with something like and celery we would not follow celery with a comma.Īll authorities agree that etc. Garner’s 1998 edition of A Dictionary of Modern American Usage advises against a following comma, saying it is “more logical” to omit it: Carrots, potatoes, broccoli, etc. ![]() be followed by a comma: Letters, packages, etc., should go here. The 1979 edition of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style insists that etc. It is traditionally enclosed in commas when it doesn’t end a sentence, but nowadays the comma that follows etc. In American English, etc. ends in a period, even midsentence. Writers use it to say, “And so on” or “I could go on” or “You get the idea.” is from the Latin et cetera, which means “and other things.” It appears at the end of a list when there is no point in giving more examples. ![]()
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