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Etc = End of Thinking Capacity...

It’s important to be specific. Avoid using the
following:

etc.

...

“and so on.”
Etc = End of Thinking Capacity...

It’s important to be specific. Avoid using the
following:

etc.

...

“and so on.”
Etc = End of Thinking Capacity

Example:
I am familiar with several programming languages: Java,
C++, etc.
If it’s not important to tell the reader which languages the writer
knows then it’s better to write this way:
I am familiar with several programming languages.
If the writer wants the reader to know which languages he or she
knows, then it’s better to write all of them:
I know Java, C++, C#, and Perl.


Etc = End of Thinking Capacity

Example:
I am familiar with several programming languages: Java,
C++, etc.
Can you guess what other languages the writer knows?
Does he know C#?
Unless the reader knows the author, he can not know what “etc.”
means in this sentence.
What if the list is very long?
Instead of:
Even integers are numbers like 2, 4, etc.
Write:
Even integers are numbers like 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12.
When you make the list longer, it’s easy for the reader to
guess what comes next.

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