et alia

See also et al.

Adverb

Positive et alia

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. et alia means "and others." It is almost always written et al.

   If you are writing a long list of names, you can use et alia to make the list shorter. You can write a few names, and then write et alia to stand for the rest of the names.

   Since the book was written by ten different authors, I used et al. in my report instead of writing all of their names. I wrote: "In their book, Fallon, Daniels, Stefan, et al. say that chocolate is good for you."

Usage notes

• Normally, et alia and et al. are only used in academic writing
• et alia is always written in lowercase letters
• et alia is usually written in italics
• et alia usually stands for at least two names