Timeline for Is it correct that "etc." can not be used together in a sentence with "for example" and "such as"?
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| Dec 29, 2011 at 9:52 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | @jwpat: you mean 'the distinction is often ignored'? | |
| Dec 29, 2011 at 6:49 | comment | added | James Waldby - jwpat7 | Although Latin et cetera means "and the others", or "and all the rest..." as you have it, etc. is being used today also with meaning "and so forth" | |
| Dec 27, 2011 at 12:35 | history | answered | Tim Lymington | CC BY-SA 3.0 |