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Subject:Re: Punctuation: Period From:Sue Heim <SUE -at- RIS -dot- RISINC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 10 Mar 1995 08:54:10 PST
Loren Castro wrote:
> The term "etc." is inappropriate in technical writing, where items that
> are important enough to be indicated by the term are important enough
> to
> be listed explicitly.
> Don't use "etc." at the end of a list introduced by "such as" or "for
> example."
Since I didn't see any other replies to this, well, heck, here goes!
I don't use "etc." at all in writing (either abbreviated or spelled
out). Instead I use "and so on."
Sue Heim
Research Information Systems
Email: Sue -at- ris -dot- risinc -dot- com
