arthurpizza@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoFinally correcting the Degoogling listslemmy.worldimagemessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1906file-text
arrow-up1906imageFinally correcting the Degoogling listslemmy.worldarthurpizza@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoIn case you’re not being sarcastic, et al is a shortening that means “among others” - usually authors of academic papers are clubbed together like this. In this context it is more like, “among other educational qualifications”
minus-squareDave2@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days agoWhile that does make sense, I think I’ll stick to thinking they’re plural.
In case you’re not being sarcastic, et al is a shortening that means “among others” - usually authors of academic papers are clubbed together like this. In this context it is more like, “among other educational qualifications”
While that does make sense, I think I’ll stick to thinking they’re plural.