so on
Continuing the pattern
So on signals that a list or pattern continues beyond what's been stated: apples, oranges, bananas, and so on.
It implies the reader can fill in similar items.
Usually paired with and at the end of a sequence.
And so on and so forth is a more emphatic variant.
So on rarely appears alone—it needs and or follows et cetera.
- etceteraIndicating additional items
- subsequentlyOccurring after something else
- informal speechRelaxed, conversational language
- thereafterFrom that point on
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
enumeration · likewise · implication · ad infinitum · and whatnot · implied meaning · ellipsis · and the like · additionally · and all that · furthermore · continuing · summarization · moreover · inference · afterward · blah blah · yadda yadda yadda
so onthat's all
Statement of conclusion
that's it · nothing more · the end · period · full stop
so onin full
Without any omission
exhaustively · specifically · namely · to wit · explicitly
so, on, onward, onset, and so on, and so forth, so to speak, so as to