Have you noted that when a person says etc... they don't mean like "and much more"; it's just a way to give the impression you know more or have something else to say, but you've shortened it (you don't have anything to add, or just a very little), like:

 

I bought some apples, onions, lettuces, etc...

 

you never know whether it ends there or it means a lot more or just another thing. It gives the impression you know a lot, or much more than you really do.

 

It's just a random thought I got today after reading, and I tested it, listening to what people said (listening to converstaions I mean) and like all of them (my test was on a very small amount of people though) used the way I am saying, not the way it is suppose to be!

I use ..etc when I mean there are other things like that, instead of making a huge list of everything, its just easier.

I use it for that at times, and at others I am like "and I did this and that, etc..." but now I give it a second thought, I realise there was nothing more I could say, it just gave the impression I had :lol:

very...observant of you...

I've never really thought about it :P