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Original poster

Aibu to ask that we all write etc not ect

113 replies

lurkingnotlurking · 17/02/2018 09:57

Etc stands for et cetera. Etc. It is not ect. Please. Just please. Get it right.

And no, I don't know any other latin. I even assumed it was French. I just can't see anyone else write ect...!

Thank you.

OP posts:
Blackteadrinker77 · 17/02/2018 10:00

YABU

lazyarse123 · 17/02/2018 10:01

Yes please and have instead of of. I always feel mean when reading something where someone is in a bad situation and I am focusing on the grammar.

SilverySurfer · 17/02/2018 10:01

Totally agree. God knows why people do this - it's really irritating.

Greenteandchives · 17/02/2018 10:02

YANBU.
And the plural of bus is not busses. It is buses.

80sMum · 17/02/2018 10:03

YANBU

Fekko · 17/02/2018 10:03

I’ve never seen ect. Maybe it’s a typo?

Dolphincrossing · 17/02/2018 10:03

And etc etc is WRONG.

PurpleDaisies · 17/02/2018 10:04

It’s clearly a typo.

WillowWept · 17/02/2018 10:04

I've not seen it - presumably a typo?

Original poster
lurkingnotlurking · 17/02/2018 10:05

fekko I've seen it several times today already... (slow weekend start over here)

OP posts:
Fekko · 17/02/2018 10:07

My autocorrect can’t spell. And it swears an awful lot!

IamtheDevilsAvocado · 17/02/2018 10:07

Personally I don't 'care' about mistakes...

BUT... People who continually write 'could of' instead of 'could have' , and get their, there, and they're confused....it doesn't give a good overall impression generally...

It really, really slows up my comprehension of what you've written... So much so, that I often cba to read to end of the message. ..

If you have problems with spelling /dyslexia please get someone to check important stuff like your job applications before you send it....

Skiiltan · 17/02/2018 10:07

It gets even worse when the people who write "ect" actually say "ec cetera".

CluedoAddict · 17/02/2018 10:11

Yes and payed keeps cropping up it's paid!

maras2 · 17/02/2018 10:11

Sick to death with spelling and grammar police correcting adult's use of etymology.
It's not clever, it's not nice and there's a special place where you can all wallow in smugness ------->-------->
---------> Pedants Corner

FissionChips · 17/02/2018 10:12

“Brought” instead of “bought” is the one that annoys me, they are two completely different words!

I have crap spelling and grammar though, so wouldn’t be so cheeky as to comment on it.

LittleMe03 · 17/02/2018 10:13

If it's understandable does it really matter that much? Confused

I don't mind typos or spelling mistakes, it's when you have to read the post 2/3 times to make sense of it is when I quickly decide I cba

cardibach · 17/02/2018 10:15

Why would people be smug about getting basic grammar right, maras? It’s not pedantry to expect that. It’s pedantry when it’s something a bit more obscure, I’d say. I understand some people have writing difficulties, I’m a teacher. I also know that the vast majority of those become accurate with basic grammar and everyday spelling while in school.

cardibach · 17/02/2018 10:17

LittleMe it’s not always understandable though - at least not at first glance. I have to re-read if people get their/there/they’re or it’s/its or too/to/two incorrect as it changes the meaning.

GunnyHighway · 17/02/2018 10:21

I don't think YABU, but in a recent thread it turns out expecting to see correct spelling and grammar makes you a weapons grade elitist wanker. So let's just embrace the uneducated, and those who have been taught but don't care.

Also expect to see this thread moved to pendants corner.

PurpleDaisies · 17/02/2018 10:24

So let's just embrace the uneducated, and those who have been taught but don't care.

Come off it. People typing quickly on their phones aren’t uneducated. Autocorrect often does strange things. Typos happen.

Dixiestampsagain · 17/02/2018 10:28

YANBU. I also agree with pp about other words...and I don’t care if it does make me a pedant. I love it when people blame autocorrect!

SandyDenny · 17/02/2018 10:30

I can't believe posters who say they haven't seen this, it's endemic on all social media.

I think we probably have to blame schools for not teaching it properly but YANBU, I hate to see it too.

It's not a typo or autocorrect, people genuinely think it's correct.

Fekko · 17/02/2018 10:34

This is the only social media I use (not including work but that’s technical stuff anyway).

MyRelationshipIsWeird · 17/02/2018 10:45

I love it when people blame autocorrect! It is annoying I agree, but my phone does auto-correct etc to ect and also makes 'the' into 'ththe' or tithe for some reason!

I think a lot of people probably don't know what it 'stands for' but technology doesn't help when people like me DO know what it's supposed to say and their phone conspires against them. Chill.