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.
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.
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.
Yes, you do put a period after "et al." in citations.
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.
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".
Yes it should.
"Et al." is pronounced as "et al-ee."
To properly incorporate the phrase "et al" into a speech, you should pronounce it as "et al-uh" and use it to refer to additional authors or contributors in a research study or publication.
"Et al." should be used in APA style when citing a source with three or more authors in a reference list or in-text citation.
Notation for subsequent multiple authors is et al. (the period is required after the al.).