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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Questions on abbreviation and verb agreement

Hi.

1. Which of these is what explains/shows what the abbreviation "etc" can be used for?

and so on

and others

2. Should this sentence be in the singular or plural verb?

Every boy and girl needs/need to (should) be in the playground for a ceremony.
  

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' 2-- needs

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1-- It means both:

et cet·er·a

–adverb and others; and so forth; and so on

'And other people' is represented by 'et al.'

2-- needs
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