et cetera

The Wortgruppenlexem et cetera ( from Latin, German, and the other things ') - Abbr etc., used to be & c. - Is similar in meaning to the German expression "and so on " (abbreviation " etc. ").

Use

It is often used in bulleted lists, often reinforced as, etc., etc.. ( And so on and so forth ') used (from the Latin perge, Perge, proceed, proceed ').

A multiple use can be found in the sometimes very long reign titles, such as in the great titles of emperors, such as William, by the Grace of God King of Prussia, etc. etc. etc.

In fracture - Print the abbreviation appears in the form. The first signs of this form is the Tironian Et, whose glyph in printing types of the 18th/19th. Century periodically match that of the round r. Therefore, this form is also sometimes mistakenly read as "rc "..

Examples

⁊ c. ⁊ c. at the end of a title list, 1768

As a & c on a coin

Dictionary of German Spelling

In the German orthography, apply that before " Et cetera " respectively " etc. " not use a comma.

Next is that if the acronym stands with point at the end of the block, the cut-off point at the same time the final point of the sentence (§ 103 of the official rules for German orthography 2006).

• Example: He likes to use quotations from Goethe, Schiller, etc.