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.
Latin abbreviations, like etc. and et al. are used frequently and often incorrectly. Et al. means âand othersâ and abbreviates people in a list, while etc. can be used to abbreviate almost anything. Always include a period (full stop) after et al., since the term is used to abbreviate the Latin term âet alii.â. Ad.