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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Exclamation Mark with Etc.
If you end a sentence with 'etc.' in BrE, can we drop the full stop and use just the exclamation point?
Instead of this: They were all disorderly, obnoxious, etc.!
This: They were all disorderly, obnoxious, etc!
Instead of this: They were all disorderly, obnoxious, etc.!
This: They were all disorderly, obnoxious, etc!
Top answer
I see no good reason to end that sentence with an exclamation mark.
- I see no good reason to end that sentence with an exclamation mark.
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I see no good reason to end that sentence with an exclamation mark.
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If you use a dot after 'etc' normally, then you'd likely need one before the '!' just as you'd do if you'd written "7 a.m.!" but I might be mistaken.
I suspect I never use a dot after etc, but the formal olden way is I would think to use one.
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I suspect I never use a dot after etc, but the formal olden way is I would think to use one.
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