> etc,
actually it's "etc."
(I wouldn't usually be a pedant, but if you think the difference between "--" and "—" matters, you should probably try to get the basics right too.)
actually it's "etc."
(I wouldn't usually be a pedant, but if you think the difference between "--" and "—" matters, you should probably try to get the basics right too.)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etc even redirects to the correct URL with a "."
This is all stuff you learn in school. Punctuation isn't obscure or niche. You may not have learnt about semicolons or em dashes in school but you should have and I did. As did anyone that has ever read a novel. There are two semicolons on the first page of the first Harry Potter book, a novel read by approximately every child of my generation. There are loads of examples of the proper use of dashes and other "obscure" punctuation marks in any professionally typeset text.
I was raised and educated in Africa, specifically the GCSE curriculum. I was taught to use etc.
As opposed to what, exactly?