arthurpizza@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFinally correcting the Degoogling listslemmy.worldimagemessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11.27Kfile-text
arrow-up11.27KimageFinally correcting the Degoogling listslemmy.worldarthurpizza@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square177fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 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-up4·4 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.