When a person's name has the letters of (ET AL) behind it, what?

Question

does the (et al) mean? I think it is related to business?
Something like this: Barker, Marrion ET AL?

Answer 1

et al.
is an abbreviation for "et alii" - Latin for "and others"

Answer 2

It is latin for 'and others'. It is often used when there is a list of names, for example when referencing an essay: there is no need to put the 10 (or so) authors who have written a particular book, simply 'Smith et al'.
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When a person's name has the letters of (ET AL) behind it, what?
does the (et al) mean? I think it is related to business?
Something like this: Barker, Marrion ET AL?

Answer 4

that means "and the rest" Like, Mary Smith was one of the authors on a book that had five authors. you don't want to list all the names so you write Mary Smith et. al.

When you get stuck on a weird word like this you can usually get a definition by googling for "define et. al."

Answer 5

It's short for "et alii", which is Latin for "and others".
As a general rule, the primary authors or editors will be listed by name...the "et al" just recognizes that other people assisted. (Often times it'll be student assistants or interns who are the "others")

Answer 6

If it is a group of persons, it is just a way of shortening the whole list. A way of saying etc.

Like saying Tim and the crew.

Answer 7

It means "among others". This is commonly used in business practices, such as contracts, and also when referencing books, journals, etc, with more than one author or editor.

Answer 8

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