so on and so on vs so on and so forth

Both "so on and so on" and "so on and so forth" are correct phrases used to indicate that a list or sequence continues in a similar manner. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning.

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so on and so on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts to indicate a continuation of a list or sequence.

This phrase is used to suggest that a series of similar things or actions is continuing without specifying each individual item. It is more commonly used in informal settings.

Examples:

He kept talking about his favorite movies, music, and so on and so on.
The children played games, sang songs, and so on and so on at the party.

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Byrne worked part-time in a builder's supply yard so on and so on.
I met Mandela at the Arusha peace talks, and so on and so on and so on - while I was building the case to prove whether this idea would make sense.
This is Matthew Anderson, Tariq Al-Daour and so on and so on.
And then again next month, and so on and so on until the exquisite release of death.
"take these estrogen pills," and so on and so on.
To get rid, in yourself, of that which in yourself attaches you to the leader, to the conditions of slavery, and so on and so on.
"What is behind is just a modest old guy," and so on and so on.
Bermuda estate, so forth, so on and so on.
And some of the largest projects in the country were being constructed through government-to-government arrangements with some of the leading countries in the world, the United States and Britain and France and so on and so on.
Removing evidence is burglary, and so on and so on.
And so on and so on.
The air that rushes in to replace it immediately loses weight, and so on and so on.
One of yours stabs him and so on and so on until there's none of you left.
And so on and so on, all the way up to an entire division.
This flank turns left at the same time as the others, and so on and so on.
and so on and so on and so on - while I was building the case to prove whether this idea would make sense.
And then again next month, and so on and so on until the exquisite release of death.
Well, then I'd need a bigger towel rack, and so on, and so on and so on and so forth.
These machines will in turn create new machines more intelligent than them, and so on and so on, until the very idea of being human, the very brain inside each of us, will become obsolete.
let them pound the table at the UN, denounce racist capitalism and so on and so on, but secretly we extend our contract and keep it a strictly private matter, at least until the storm has passed over.

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so on and so forth

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate a continuation of a list or sequence in a formal or informal context.

This phrase is used to suggest that a series of similar things or actions is continuing without specifying each individual item. It can be used in both formal and informal settings.