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Old 07-16-2007 | 08:47 PM
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Default It's "etc." NOT "ect."

I finally had to mention this because I know that there will be some applicants who will put "ect." on their resume vs. the correct abbreviation of "etc."


Definitions of etcetera or et cetera

and so forth: continuing in the same way
additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same; "his report was full of etceteras"

Et cetera, often abbreviated to etc., &c. or &/c especially in older texts, is Latin for and the others. It is often used to represent the logical continuation of some sort of series of descriptions. For example: It is important to avoid the phrase "and etc." because then you are saying "and and the others".
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