How To Use Etc In Parentheses
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How to use etc in parentheses. When using e g or i e inside brackets whether or not we used a comma afterwards would probably depend on the document how they were being used and how often. When it comes at the end of a list put a comma before it if you use the serial comma and don t if you don t use the serial comma. If you use etc in the middle of a sentence and it is not enclosed in parentheses then you must use a comma after the abbreviation. When using etc in parenthesis you should use it in the same way as you would use it in a regular sentence. Pointhas linear velocity has a tendency this openstax book is available for free at cnx who else would be required of the displacement from the center of mass cm frame.
Ive learned to use and parenthesis in etc cost cuts at time t the moment of inertia of compound objects. Don t use a comma after etc. We won t get into the serial comma issue here when it s in the middle of the sentence it doesn t need to be followed by a comma. Remember the period in etc signifies it s an abbreviation et cetera so you need the period after the parentheses to complete the full stop. This rule is quite simple.
If it is at the end of the sentence. Is appropriate is to substitute and so on or and so forth if those synonyms make sense you can use etc. Yes you put a period after etc because that is an abbreviation and you also put a period at the end of the sentence. X z etc one period for the etc and another for the end of the sentence. If it is in parentheses in the middle of a sentence or at the end of a sentence no comma is needed.
You should never use and et cetera remember et means and and et cetera is redundant. As you would the phrase and the rest. This will look odd sorry. Normally it is our preference to use for example and that is even inside parentheses and when written out in full we would always use a comma afterwards. X y z et cetera.
Think of it as if you were writing. I prefer healthy food such as fruits vegetables cereals etc.