What does the dot represent here ?

[The_Xtreme]

Hello everyone

I want to ask about the first dot in the following sentence:

"Football is seen as the most famous sports in the world by manny countries, like

Japan, England, Brazil, etc. Pele is known as the most well-respected players in

football history."

What does the first dot represent in this sentence ?

Does it represent the end of the first sentence ?

Or is it related to "etc." ?

Because I think that whenever there is an "etc." there should be a dot at the end of it.

 

[Barb_D]

Hello everyone



"Football is seen as the most famous sport[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE] in the world by mann[STRIKE]y[/STRIKE] countries, like

Japan, England, Brazil, etc. Pele is known as the most well-respected player[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE] in

football history."

What does the first dot represent in this sentence ?

Does it represent the end of the first sentence ?

Or is it related to "etc." ?

Because I think that whenever there is an "etc." there should be a dot at the end of it.

The abbreviation etc. (et cetera = and others, used to say that the list is only partial) does require a period in American English. (I see a tendency in British English to use fewer and fewer periods/full stops with abbreviations, so it might not require one in BrE.)

When "etc." ends a sentence, however, you don't need two periods.

You seem to have a problem with plural nouns.

Another point about "etc." - don't use if you use "including" -- including A, B, C, etc. "Including" already says that there are others, so there's no need for both "Including" and "etc."

 

[Raymott]

I'd be happy if people could just stop writing 'ect'.

 

[GoesStation]

We read Internet addresses as domain dot com, and decimal numbers as (for example) three point one four one five two. For all other purposes, that mark is called a period in American English or a full stop​ in the British variety.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd be happy if people could just stop writing 'ect'.

AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH! My eyes are bleeding! :bad-word:

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'd be happy if people could just stop writing 'ect'.

I'd be happy if they stopped using "etc."!

 

[Rover_KE]

Hello everyone

Please don't use a home-made emoticon to replace a standard punctuation mark. If you insist on using a smiley, click on the icon and choose one from those available.

Elsewhere, please don't leave a space before a question mark.

 

[Tdol]

It used to be standard to put a period at the end of any abbreviated word -Mr. (Mister), etc. (etcetera), U.S.A. (United States of America). Many people, especially in BrE no longer use these periods, but you still frequently see them.

I was taught that you didn't need the period after Mr because the abbreviation ended with the final letter of the word, so Mr but Prof. were correct, but this doesn't seem to hold true today either. We seem to use them less and less. To be honest, U.S.A. has started looking odd to me because I see the form without the periods so often.

 

[charliedeut]

I'd be happy if people could just stop writing 'ect'.

Would it make you any happier if we all used "et al."? :lol:

 

[Rover_KE]

... U.S.A. has started looking odd to me because I see the form without the periods so often.

Some British newspapers write 'U.S.A.' and 'UK' in the same sentence.