180201 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:47:57 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: >> And while we're at it (grin), 'e.g.' has the same force as 'etc', >> so it's duplicating effort to write 'e.g. fire, flood etc'. > 'etc' is from the Latin 'et cetera', > meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking of any more".
Roughly (smile) : as a Classicist by training, I would translate 'and all the rest (of them)'. The Romans were very practical people who didn't waste time or effort, but got on with the job & built an empire which lasted 500 years . -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
