Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Et Al

Et al. This word it has a meaning. But, I have not even the closest idea of how to use it in a sentence. One thing. Et cetera refers to things while et al refers to people. But, the actual meaning for et al? Let me see about that. Oh, now I understand what they mean by et cetera refers to things while et al refers to people! If you had to name thousands of people while writing or talking, you could just say et al. When you have to name many things then you'd say et cetera. So, it seems that you're not supposed to use et cetera when talking about thousands of people. You use et cetera when you're talking about thousands of "things". Even though this is out of the subject, I can't wait until tomorrow. We will be presenting our state reports. Ok, anyway, bye!

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