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Subject:Re: Punctuation: Period From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 9 Mar 1995 20:53:08 -0700
On Wed, 8 Mar 1995, Sevigny, Josee wrote:
> What do you guys do when "etc." is the last word within a list in
> parentheses and the last word of the sentence at the same time?
> * ..., etc.). Other sentence...
> * ..., etc.) Other sentence...
> * ..., etc.) Other sentence...
> I could not find the info in "Canadian Style".
IMHO, if the sentence as a whole is contained within the parentheses, I
would punctuate within the parentheses. (*.......etc.)
If the sentence includes words both within and outside the parentheses, I
would add the period at the end: (*.......etc.).
This seems less problematic to me than to end a sentence with etc. without
the parentheses.
