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Etc or etc period guide style




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There's no definitive answer, because different style guides recommend different usage. Note, however, that the period after “etc” should always be included. The Oxford Guide to Style says (more explicitly) that etc. is “preceded by a comma if it Second, never put a period after the first word in et al. because et is a 15 Oct 2014 In American English, etc. ends in a period, even midsentence. It is traditionally The Chicago Manual of Style says that etc. “should be avoided Results 11 - 20 of 88 Use periods with abbreviations that end in a lowercase letter: p. (page), vol., eg, ie, etc., aka, am, pm, Ms., Dr., et al. (et is not an abbreviation At the end of "etc", there should be a period. (This does not apply if you are using modern "open punctuation", which dispenses with periods for eg, ie etc). The style guide is intended to be read as an interactive PDF, where it can Oxford offers many language courses: Russian, French, Spanish etc. [the list could continue . The 'short twentieth century' refers to the period 1914–91. The First 15 Jan 2008 Brandeis University Web Style Guide – Associated Press Style. Text on Use an apostrophe in bachelor's degree, master's degree, etc. 4 o'clock is acceptable, but time listings with a.m. or p.m. (with periods) are preferred Period. The period is perhaps the easiest punctuation mark to master. It ends a and mixed-case abbreviations (examples: a.m., etc., vol., Inc., Jr., Mrs., Tex.) and to Some authorities, including The Chicago Manual of Style, favor omitting the If etc. occurs at the end of a sentence, then you do not add another . I've found a style guide which recommends dropping full stops from 17 Jan 2014 Is it correct to use comma after etc., at the end of the sentence in American style of English? What if it is a research paper in scientific writing?


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