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\r\n\r\nThis abbreviation means, literally, \u201cand other things.\u201d Many professors urge against using etc. in formal writing because it is, by definition, nonspecific, but it can be used effectively when you have responsibly chosen representative constituents in order to avoid a cumbersome list:\r\n
All prime numbers between 1 and 101 (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc.) were transmitted by the pulsing signal in the movie Contact<\/em>.<\/blockquote>\r\nTacking on \u201cetc.\u201d at the end of a list introduced by \u201cfor example\u201d or \u201csuch as\u201d is sloppy, because \u201cfor example\u201d suggests that you have already carefully selected and presented the key constituents, which the \u201cetc.\u201d then undermines. Good alternatives to \u201cetc.\u201d are \u201cfor example,\u201d or \u201csuch as\u201d followed by just a few concrete representative examples that best demonstrate your point.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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This abbreviation means, literally, \u201cand other things.\u201d Many professors urge against using etc. in formal writing because it is, by definition, nonspecific, but it can be used effectively when you have responsibly chosen representative constituents in order to avoid a cumbersome list:<\/p>\n

All prime numbers between 1 and 101 (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc.) were transmitted by the pulsing signal in the movie Contact<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tacking on \u201cetc.\u201d at the end of a list introduced by \u201cfor example\u201d or \u201csuch as\u201d is sloppy, because \u201cfor example\u201d suggests that you have already carefully selected and presented the key constituents, which the \u201cetc.\u201d then undermines. Good alternatives to \u201cetc.\u201d are \u201cfor example,\u201d or \u201csuch as\u201d followed by just a few concrete representative examples that best demonstrate your point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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