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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by handoflixue on Friday March 28, 2025 @11:10AM (#43506435)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etc. - even the URL has the period, and I did in fact look this up before replying :)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etc even redirects to the correct URL with a "."

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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by milesrout on Friday March 28, 2025 @04:19PM (#43509483)
Merriam-Webster is an American dictionary and therefore totally irrelevant to me.
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Re:How to Use Em Dashes (–), En Dashes (–), and Hyphens (-) by handoflixue on Sunday March 30, 2025 @10:12PM (#43530035)
You said "look at any dictionary", so I did. I notice you can't provide a link to a single dictionary that supports you, or even name what dialect supposedly doesn't have "etc."
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