is “et al.” less problematic if I use “and friends” instead
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why is et al. problematic
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Oh there’s a huge thing about it in fields where authors are ordered by last name, bc alphabetically high authors become more recognised when cited as “Alpha et al.” instead of as “Alpha, Bravo, & Charlie”
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and any individual with non-latin script name would be after you too!
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