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Grammar usage: eg vs ieGrammar usage: eg vs iePosted Dec 13, 2002 15:48 UTC (Fri) by sl70 (guest, #1585)In reply to: Grammar usage: eg vs ie by Pananix Parent article: Coming soon: gnucash 1.8 I'll see your punctuation and raise you pedantry. Technically, there should be no period after the ``et'' in et al., as et (meaning ``and'') is a complete word in Latin. Similarly, etc., back in the old days, was written et c. (with a space and no `.' after et), standing for et cetera (meaning ``and other things''). And if we're going to get REALLY picky (OK, I'm getting really picky), etc. should be used to mean ``and other (inanimate) things'' and et al. (from et alia) should be used to mean ``and other people.'' I find et al. frequently misused where etc. should be used.
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