Fertilizer and other agricultural waste pouring into the Gulf of Mexico creates a larger and larger patch of lifeless ocean each year. Finally, the EPA has a plan of attack. Is it enough?
The abbreviation et al. means and others. It is most often used when a work you are citing in your paper has multiple authors. When a work has two authors, cite both names every time the reference occurs in the text.
et al. uk â /et ËÃ¦l/ us â /et ËÃ¦l/. âº abbreviation for et alia: and others. It is used in formal writing to avoid a long list of names of people who have written something together: The method is described in an article by Feynman et al. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Also, extra, and in addition.