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Such-and-such means A placeholder or generic thing..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A placeholder or generic thing..
It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
[…] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.
We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such
Every once in awhile, I get an email that questions my commitment to the Messiah, usually in the form of “if he believes such and such, then he must not believe that Jesus is God” or something like that.
I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.
Use such-and-such when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Such-and-such means A placeholder or generic thing..
Common synonyms include unspecified.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
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