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How I feel after writing “etc” knowing damn well I had no more examples
12970 upvotes, 19 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Insane Comments. "How I feel after writing “etc” knowing damn well I had no more examples"
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Anonymous 8w

I say etc irl & in text because I get bored mid-sentence 😭

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Anonymous 8w

I just appreciate someone who knows that it’s etc. instead of ect. #petpeeveactivated

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Anonymous 8w

Etc stands for End of Thinking Capacity

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Anonymous 8w

Me in every essay I’ve ever written ever lmao

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Anonymous 8w

Do teachers/professors have this same thought reading our papers?

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Anonymous 8w

I do ts all the tome

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Anonymous 8w

I think of etc as a way to continue the thought process, or examples that I can’t think of. So I leave it to the reader to imagine it themselves

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Anonymous 8w

Me but when I’m writing and say “such as x, x, and x” but those are the only items I can name 💀

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Anonymous 8w

Mike

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Anonymous 8w

Gotta get to that word count somehow

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Anonymous 8w

I still spell that shit wrong

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Anonymous 8w

I feel like it’s more for if I know for certain there are more examples I just can’t think of them right now or if I’m leaving a space for people to insert their own ideas about what would be included so that what I’m saying can better apply to them.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

You’d hate my dyslexic ass😔

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

39 burrill downstairs pull up

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 8w

Yes, they know why you did it lol I’ve had professors say “don’t write etc. just stop listing. If you have more to say then say it, and if it’s not important enough to list then just list the important stuff”

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 8w

nah cuz why do i always pause and think when i see etc, i think youve got a point

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

This is part of why I’m such a huge advocate for truly teaching Latin more widely. If we took the time to understand the words and terms we use better people would mindlessly know the full term is “Et Cetera” so EtC or if they forget the actual words they know it translates to “and the rest” so it has to be etc since “and” is “et” in Latin. You don’t even need to what cetera can mean just knowing et allows you to know the order with the first word and first letter of the second word

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Anonymous replying to -> #16 8w

I approve since I say “non sequitur” frequently and forget that I have to explain it to most people 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 8w

This is so me

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