Timeline for Should "et al." be in italics?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 28, 2014 at 11:24 | vote | accept | Golden Cuy | ||
| Jun 25, 2014 at 1:56 | comment | added | Golden Cuy | @TimLymington the accepted answer of that question has only a single sentence on italicisation of foreign words. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 11:50 | comment | added | Tim Lymington | Relat5ed (possible dupe): english.stackexchange.com/q/1289/8019. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 11:37 | answer | added | GMB | timeline score: 26 | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 8:12 | comment | added | painfulenglish | It is often written in italics (as are other Latin expressions), but I think that this is a matter of style. In science, it clearly depends on the journal. Note that for some reason, "e.g." and "i.e." are not printed in italics even in journals that use italics for "et al.". | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 7:36 | comment | added | user73373 | Yes it is not necessary to italicize it. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 7:26 | history | asked | Golden Cuy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |