No, "et al." does not have a period.
No, there is not a period after et, rather, the period is after al. Et al. is Latin for et alli, meaning "and other people."
Yes, there is a period after "et al." in citations.
Yes, you do put a period after "et al." in citations.
Definitely! "et al." is an abbreviation of "et alli". "et" is a complete word hence no full-stop is required BUT "al." is an abbreviation of "alli" hence a full stop is required.
Et al. is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase et alii, which means "and others". Since al. is an abbreviation, it is properly spelled with a period/full stop.
In academic writing, "et al." should be punctuated with a period after "al" and should be italicized or underlined to indicate it is a foreign term.
It is short for the Latin et alii ('and others'), which means "and others." For example, the phrase "IBM, Microsoft, HP, et al." means "IBM, Microsoft, HP and others" or "Carruthers et al."- "Carruthers and others".
"Et al." is pronounced as "et al-ee."
Notation for subsequent multiple authors is et al. (the period is required after the al.).
The proper way to type the Latin phrase is et al. The two words are italicized, and a period comes after the second word in the phrase. The phrase is an abbreviated way of saying 'et alia', which means 'and others'.
This Et Al ended in 2008.
This Et Al was created in 2002.