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

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 15:17, SuStel <sustel@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. -- De'vID