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"and etc"?

Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 4:47 PM

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What's your problem, w-lfs-n? Didn't I ban you once today?

Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 4:49 PM

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It didn't take, I guess.

Plus, I thought that's what I was here for.

Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:01 PM

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Yes, but "and etc." is a breezy turn of phrase, not an error. You know, I almost posted this story about the four-year old today, just to take a shot at you, but (foolishly, it turns out) let you off the hook.

Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:05 PM

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I know that you know that the "et" in "etc" stands for "and"—but many in your vast readership may not! It was them I was thinking of.

Besides, sloppy language leads to sloppy thought!

Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:28 PM

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the "et" in "etc" stands for "and"

I think you mean that "et" means "and."

Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:34 PM

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Posted by: [redacted] | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:43 PM

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That is what I meant.

Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 5:43 PM

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Appropos of Ben w-lfs-n's disgraceful sloppiness, my modal logic professor employed the convention that the names of sentence elements just were the elements themselves, thus avoiding the need for hik to ever care about use/mention on the chalkboard. I thought this inspired.

Ben W, don't go to grad school or it may inspire you too!

Posted by: baa | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 6:17 PM

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FL ... it shouldn't be a film. Better as a reality TV show, I think.

Posted by: profgrrrrl | Link to this comment | 01- 7-05 10:10 PM

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Is "hik" a gender-neutral third-person pronoun, or a mistake?

Posted by: ben w-lfs-n | Link to this comment | 01- 8-05 10:41 AM

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Neither; it is an interjection.

Posted by: Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 01- 8-05 7:21 PM