Comma after 'etc.'?

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Greatmilinko8451

#436280 Mon, 29 Oct 07 05:48 AM

Normally I get angry at those kids who cheat on tests, quizzes, essays, projects, etc. because I feel that when they do so it is out of disregard and neglect of everyone else's hard work and effort, as well as the teacher's trust and intention.

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Neeraj Jain

#436306 Mon, 29 Oct 07 08:07 AM

I feel that no comma is required after etc.

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Feebs11

#436403 Mon, 29 Oct 07 02:43 PM

Greatmilinko8451 wrote:
Normally I get angry at those kids who cheat on tests, quizzes, essays, projects etc., because I feel that when they do so it is out of disregard and neglect of everyone else's hard work and effort, as well as the teacher's trust and intention.

"etcetera" = "and the rest", so you treat it in the same was as saying "and the rest" or "and so on". No comma after projects and a comma after etc.

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Grammar Geek

#436424 Mon, 29 Oct 07 03:53 PM

This may be another American/British difference, but a comma always comes before etc. in AE.

(See Strunk & White, for example.)

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Yoong Liat

#436429 Mon, 29 Oct 07 04:10 PM

Grammar Geek wrote:
This may be another American/British difference, but a comma always comes before etc. in AE.

(See Strunk & White, for example.)

In British English, a comma also comes before etc.

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Anonymous

#529779 Thu, 19 Jun 08 10:12 PM

Thanks! That's what I thought.

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Anonymous

#570769 Fri, 26 Sep 08 09:27 PM

There should be a comma before and after "etc." in midsentence because that word or abbreviation is considered parenthetical, equivalent to "and others," "and so on," "and the like," etc.

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