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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

'etc.', 'and so forth', 'and so on'

Should a comma follow etc., and so on, and so forth in the sentences below? I say yes.


1. We brought pens, pencils, paper, etc., to class.


2. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper, and so on, to class.


3. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper, and so forth, to class.


Thanks.
  

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Thanks, bud. So in BrE, would we punctuate those sentences like this? And if so, should a comma be inserted after the word 'paper' in sentences 2 and 3?

1. We brought pens, pencils, paper, etc. to class.

2. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper and so on to class.

3. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper and so forth to class.
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victo1. We brought pens, pencils, paper, etc. to class.
I think in BrE it would usually be We brought pens, pencils, paper etc to class. I don’t like it.
victo2. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper and so on to class.
3. We need to bring pens, pencils, paper and so forth to class.
Probably.
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