It's etcetera... NOT ectetera, that just sounds stupid.
 

You know... I believe I have even seen some folks around here argue their case, but they are just wrong. This is grade school stuff folks.

etc. NOT ect. GAWSH!

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etcetera

/rant

At ease.

Ectetera might be how your uncle Jimbob says it.

The only latin you need:

nil satis nisi optimum

Were you replying to yourself there?

Sure, that is how my uncle Jimbob says it too! :(

you left out et cetera.

It is et cetera but how should I know... I only have bachelor and master's degree in phylology... You must be a professor or something...

I'm something I guess. lol

:1orglaugh

what's phylology all about?

I was wondering the same thing dyna_mo.

I never expected my post to become a revolution and people across the globe are going to run spell check on every thing they do. :error

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

irregardless... lemme axe you a quession

Considering that you cant even spell philology correctly, I'm guessing that you're lying to everyone here.

Wrong, it's petecetera:

And don't use "babies, flowers, clowns, etc" because "et" means "and" so it should be without the comma: "babies, flowers, clowns etc" :)

that's not correct.



Note: Never use and with etc. (Etc. is the abbreviation of et cetera, which means ?and so forth.?)

You will find pens, pencils, notebooks, etc., in the stockroom.

Tables, lamps, chairs, and so on, will be on sale next week.

But: The company has written policies pertaining to vacations, holidays, performance evaluations, and so forth.

Switch to decaf.

:2 cents:

<--- Guilty of the comma...

It reads like your trying to say it while biting your tongue. :1orglaugh

Why not make it simple : 'and so forth' :)