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I would like to confirm that using 'etc..' at the end of a sentence isn't standard and that 'etc.' should be used instead.
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Even though there is only one table being referenced, does it make more sense, stylistically, to reference this one table as 'Table 1", instead of simply "Table"? Presumably a journal style guide...
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I have found conflicting advice on whether or not to italicize Latin abbreviations in journal articles, please advise. [Correction made to this question so that 'et. al.' is now 'et al.']
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