[tlhIngan Hol] et cetera {latlh je} in reference to nouns or verbs or both

[De'vID]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 15:17, SuStel <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> So, I don't know whether my understanding of the english "etc" was
> correct, since I believed that it **could** be used too, in reference to
> verbs, while here seemingly/apparently it says that it is used after a
> string/sequence of nouns.
>
> Yes, you can use *etc.* with a list of verbs or any other part of speech,
> provided the entire list is just one type (no mixing of nouns and verbs,
> for instance).
>
I think, in theory, if it's a list of people, one is supposed to use "et
al." rather than "etc.", but I don't know anyone who does this outside of
an academic setting.

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De'vID
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