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Grammarholic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Serial comma and etc
Apples, oranges etc are needed for the recipe.
Questions
(1) In the sentence above, can I leave out the comma before 'etc'?
I don't prefer the series comma, and if I included it, I would be essentially writing 'Apples, oranges, and so forth are needed for the recipe.'
(2) Can I write 'etc' without the full stop midsentence?
(3) Is this written okay with just one comma?
'Apples, oranges and so forth are needed for the recipe.'
Questions
(1) In the sentence above, can I leave out the comma before 'etc'?
I don't prefer the series comma, and if I included it, I would be essentially writing 'Apples, oranges, and so forth are needed for the recipe.'
(2) Can I write 'etc' without the full stop midsentence?
(3) Is this written okay with just one comma?
'Apples, oranges and so forth are needed for the recipe.'
Top answer
In the Help box at the top of this page, type: Apples, Oranges, etc and press Enter. We did discuss this a few months ago.
- In the Help box at the top of this page, type: Apples, Oranges, etc and press Enter.
- We did discuss this a few months ago.
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In the Help box at the top of this page, type: Apples, Oranges, etc and press Enter.
We did discuss this a few months ago.
We did discuss this a few months ago.
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