Can you help me correct my sentence?
'For instance, many car collisions today happen only because the drivers are taking or texting on their phones before the accidents. etc '

Is using 'because' and 'etc' right?

Or is there other mistakes in the sentence.

Thanks

Question

Can you help me correct my sentence?
'For instance, many car collisions today happen only because the drivers are taking or texting on their phones before the accidents.    etc  '

Is using 'because' and 'etc' right?

Or is there other mistakes in the sentence.

Thanks

Answer

Jesse, I would not use etc in this sentence.   Etc is used more when there is a continuation. Example, "Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc.."  If you can use the phrase "and so on", then you can probably use etc.

Also, I would not use the word only in this sentence.

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