'Ect'. No! Stop!

[Calling]

'Ect' is NOT short for 'ectoplasm'. Or maybe it is.
You should be using 'etc' - you do not know what that is short for.

Stop it.

Your post makes no sense.

I agree op, the abbreviation Ect instead of Etc drives me insane!

Yes!

And R.E. instead of re. (I suppose that could be autocorrect.)

Bring back Latin in schools, I say.

Hear, hear.

Yes, Latin in schools! Then we wouldn't see things like "12:00 a.m. / p.m." No! It's either noon or midnight.

Don't get me started on "9 AM in the morning / PM in the evening"!

It makes perfect sense.

Etcetera, not ectoplasm or anything else ect.

It makes perfect sense.

It makes perfect sense.

Maybe Pedants' Corner is not the board for you.

Compulsory Latin from age 7 for all schools.

Plus, from age 5 on, the compulsory conjugation every morning, of the English verb 'to be', all tenses.

Valete. (I hope I've got that right.)

Can you explain how, exactly?

I agree OP. It’s seen a lot on here.

My guess is that may be a "No".
Unless it's a subtle joke I've completely missed.

The other one that irritates me is the mixing up of "ie" and "eg".
Usually it's "ie" being used instead of "eg":

"I like to wear bright colours ie hot pink".

Right, so that's the only bright colour available, is it?