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2006-09-22 16:05:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Teaching

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While etc. means just as the others have mentioned, the initials ETC stand for a variety of things.

European Travel Commission

Environmental Technology Council

Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

Environmental Traveling Companions

Electronic Theatre Controls

Hope this helps.

2006-09-23 04:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0 0

Et cetera, usually abbreviated to etc. (archaic abbreviations include &/c., &c., and &ca.) is Latin for "and the others." It is often used to represent the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example:

We need a lot of fruit: apples, bananas, oranges, etc.
(An error would be using "and etc.," which is redundant—"and and the others".)

The abbreviated versions should always be followed by a full stop (period), and it is customary, even in British English, in which there is frequently no comma before and in lists, that etc. always be preceded by a comma. Thus:

A, B, C, etc.
not:

A, B, C etc.
In lists of persons, et al. is used in place of etc. (an abbreviation of et alii, meaning "and others"). Less common is the use of et al. in lists of places (where it abbreviates et alibi, meaning "and elsewhere".)

A common misspelling of the abbreviation is "ect."; common mispronunciations are "ex cetera" and "excedra

2006-09-22 16:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Nickname 5 · 0 1

Et cetera, usually abbreviated to etc. (archaic abbreviations include &/c., &c., and &ca.) is Latin for "and the others." It is often used to represent the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example:

We need a lot of fruit: apples, bananas, oranges, etc.
(An error would be using "and etc.," which is redundant—"and and the others".)

The abbreviated versions should always be followed by a full stop (period), and it is customary, even in British English, in which there is frequently no comma before and in lists, that etc. always be preceded by a comma. Thus:

A, B, C, etc.
not:

A, B, C etc.
In lists of persons, et al. is used in place of etc. (an abbreviation of et alii, meaning "and others"). Less common is the use of et al. in lists of places (where it abbreviates et alibi, meaning "and elsewhere".)

A common misspelling of the abbreviation is "ect."; common mispronunciations are "ex cetera" and "excedra".

2006-09-22 16:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by Capt 5 · 0 2

Estonia Toasted Chicken

2006-09-22 16:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Martin523 4 · 0 0

et cetera is Latin for "and the others" or "and the rest"

it is abbreviated to etc. implying a logical extension of a list...more of the same.

2006-09-22 16:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by just♪wondering 7 · 0 0

Etc. is the abbreviation of "et cetera" which is Latin for and the other things/stuff.

2006-09-22 16:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Susan M 7 · 1 0

ETC or Et-cetera means and so on and so fort.

2006-09-22 17:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by Jowi 2 · 0 0

abreviation for Etcetera meaning more of the same continued list loosely check source

2006-09-22 16:19:22 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0 0

et cetera

2006-09-22 17:58:56 · answer #9 · answered by monica80 3 · 0 0

Et-cetera. Meaning, and so on, and so on, and so on, blah, blah, blah, more of the same.

2006-09-22 16:08:53 · answer #10 · answered by Glenn G 1 · 1 0

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