Timeline for Does "like" require an "etc." along with it?
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| Apr 3, 2022 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1510497333217275905 | ||
| Apr 3, 2022 at 5:15 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Apr 3, 2022 at 0:11 | comment | added | Joshua Taylor | None of the answers have mentioned this, so I'm wondering if I've been misinformed over the years, but I'd been instructed along the lines of "Don’t use etc. to end a list that begins with e.g., since it is by definition a list of examples.". If "like" in the question is intended with the same meaning as "such as", then this advice would seem to apply. | |
| Apr 2, 2022 at 14:33 | comment | added | John Bollinger | The example is indeed more suited to "such as", but not because of an inclusive/exclusive difference. Rather "such as" introduces a list of examples, whereas "like" introduces a list of similarities. It is not so uncommon to use "like" where "such as" would be a better fit, but that does blur the meaning a bit. | |
| Apr 1, 2022 at 15:38 | vote | accept | Righter | ||
| Apr 1, 2022 at 10:56 | comment | added | Toby Speight | The example is more suited to "such as" (an inclusive list) than "like" (exclusive), although the latter is sometimes found in informal contexts. | |
| Apr 1, 2022 at 4:49 | answer | added | Davislor | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 31, 2022 at 8:42 | answer | added | A Parmar | timeline score: 17 | |
| Mar 31, 2022 at 8:24 | answer | added | Kate Bunting | timeline score: 26 | |
| Mar 31, 2022 at 6:14 | history | asked | Righter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |