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What do you guys do when "etc." is the last word within a list in
parentheses and the last word of the sentence at the same time?
* ..., etc.). Other sentence...
* ..., etc.) Other sentence...
* ..., etc.) Other sentence...
I could not find the info in "Canadian Style".
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Answer: ..., etc.) Other sentence...
You should never double-up punctuation at the end of a sentence!
(I didn't look this up, so if somebody says differently and
quotes a bunch of sources, take their word over mine!)
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