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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers | ||
| Date: | Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:50:52 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20180201185037.0ff6f5dd@digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers by Philip Webb |
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| 1 | On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 13:47:57 -0500, Philip Webb wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > And while we're at it (grin), 'e.g.' has the same force as 'etc', |
| 4 | > so it's duplicating effort to write 'e.g. fire, flood etc'. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | etc is from the Latin et cetera, meaning "I couldn't be bothered thinking |
| 7 | of any more". |
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| 10 | -- |
| 11 | Neil Bothwick |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Justify my text? I'm sorry but it has no excuse. |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers | Grant Taylor <gtaylor@××××××××××××××.net> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers | Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> |