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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Or?

HelloLook at this difinition of 'gesture' from CALD: a movement of the hands, arms or head, etc. to express an idea or feelingCan we use 'or' before 'etc'?
  

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No, not all all. 'Etc' = ' et cetera' = ' and (the) others'.

— Mister Micawber

  • No, not all all.
  • 'Etc' = ' et cetera' = ' and (the) others'.
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No, not all all. 'Etc' = 'et cetera' = 'and (the) others'.
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I mean shouldn't it be:
a movement of the hands, arms, head, etc. ?
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Ah, that's OK, too, I suppose. It's a question of how clearly the definition intends to state any one body part.
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You mean it didn't segregate 'arm'& 'head'?
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Without 'or', none of them is necessarily separated: a gesture might require head, arms, hands and all the others. However, common sense should help us along.
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