Submitted by guanaco55 t3_ybwbkb in UpliftingNews
ectbot t1_itl8def wrote
Reply to comment by kharmakazzi in A train passenger saw a woman waving for help. It was a hiker who'd been missing. by guanaco55
Hello! You have made the mistake of writing "ect" instead of "etc."
"Ect" is a common misspelling of "etc," an abbreviated form of the Latin phrase "et cetera." Other abbreviated forms are etc., &c., &c, and et cet. The Latin translates as "et" to "and" + "cetera" to "the rest;" a literal translation to "and the rest" is the easiest way to remember how to use the phrase.
Check out the wikipedia entry if you want to learn more.
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kharmakazzi t1_itl92vk wrote
And I'll do it again.
Thanks, good bot.
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