When you refer to a long sentence, after the first few words what can you say to replace the rest?
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...,etc.
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Well if you want to replace a long series of nouns, you have some options. For example "peppers, carrots, potatoes, beans, lettuce, celery, tomatoes, apples, limes, and pears" could be replaced by "peppers, carrots, etc."
"etc." is short for "et cetera" which is Latin for "and the rest."
In an informal context, you could say "peppers, carrots, and whatnot," or "peppers, carrots, and the like." There are plenty of options to choose from.
However, if you mean that you want to replace an entire clause, and it's not something you can do with a pronoun, then English doesn't do that.
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Use a comma to divide your sentence into two.
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Sorry, I don't quite get it.
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