Re: For word like "etc." Isn't it customary to either have 1 period or 3

[Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>]

Aashita Shekhar wrote:
> Hi All,
> For word like "etc." Isn't it customary to either have 1 period or 3
> 

Due to this punctuation difficulty, but more importantly
because of possible reader and translator confusion,
our style guide is one of many that recommends not
using Latin abbreviations at all. We suggest either
"and so on" or "and the like" instead of "etc.".

-- Janice

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