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Old 02-03-2013, 05:38 PM  
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Originally Posted by loreen View Post
And don't use "babies, flowers, clowns, etc" because "et" means "and" so it should be without the comma: "babies, flowers, clowns etc"
that's not correct.



Note: Never use and with etc. (Etc. is the abbreviation of et cetera, which means ?and so forth.?)

You will find pens, pencils, notebooks, etc., in the stockroom.

Tables, lamps, chairs, and so on, will be on sale next week.

But: The company has written policies pertaining to vacations, holidays, performance evaluations, and so forth.
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