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UserTK Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Et al. midsentence

Can the commas be omitted after "et al." in both examples below?

John, Mike, Paul, et al., will be in attendance.

The professors, the managers, the board members, et al., are expected to participate.

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Or are both sentences clearer with the comma after "et al."?
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"A comma does not follow the abbreviation unless the sentence’s grammar requires it."

From https://www.e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/c3_p28.html

Therefore there should be no comma there in those sentences.

Be aware that "et al." represents at least two additio
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