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What does "ETA" mean in this context? I've only seen it used for "estimated time of arrival", which doesn't make sense here.


Here it means "edited to add". It's a way to signal it wasn't part of my first post, and I think it's polite because if someone replies and then the OP edits but doesn't mark what they've added, it can make the reply look weird and out of joint. Which sometimes people do on purpose.


Ah! That makes sense, thank you.




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