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Pedants' corner

'Ect'. No! Stop!

12 replies

Calling · 17/07/2025 23:46

'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.

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Thunderpants88 · 18/07/2025 03:52

Your post makes no sense.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 18/07/2025 04:01

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

HonoriaBulstrode · 18/07/2025 04:06

Yes!

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

Bring back Latin in schools, I say.

GripGetter · 18/07/2025 05:04

Hear, hear.

GripGetter · 18/07/2025 05:12

HonoriaBulstrode · 18/07/2025 04:06

Yes!

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

Bring back Latin in schools, I say.

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"!

Bluevelvetsofa · 18/07/2025 09:39

Thunderpants88 · 18/07/2025 03:52

Your post makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense.

Etcetera, not ectoplasm or anything else ect.

Judiezones · 18/07/2025 17:51

Thunderpants88 · 18/07/2025 03:52

Your post makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense.

MoriftedinaFrenchEscapeRoom · 18/07/2025 18:09

Thunderpants88 · 18/07/2025 03:52

Your post makes no sense.

It makes perfect sense.

Maybe Pedants' Corner is not the board for you.

upinaballoon · 19/07/2025 07:18

GripGetter · 18/07/2025 05:12

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"!

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.)

Calling · 19/07/2025 23:13

Thunderpants88 · 18/07/2025 03:52

Your post makes no sense.

Can you explain how, exactly?

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WhatdoesitmeanKeith · 26/07/2025 09:22

I agree OP. It’s seen a lot on here.

LaMarschallin · 26/07/2025 09:38

Calling · 19/07/2025 23:13

Can you explain how, exactly?

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?

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