# Et al.

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/et-al/148>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/et-al/148 "2006-07-21T14:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johan\_Kool2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Johan\_Kool2](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Johan_Kool2)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/et-al/148/1 "2006-07-21T14:18:05Z")

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Is it assumed that “et. al” is always written as such and in italics  
or is this defined somewhere? I can’t find it in the apa.csl nor in  
the csl.rnc.

Johan–  
[http://www.johankool.nl/](http://www.johankool.nl/)

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 10:28am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/et-al/148/2 "2006-07-23T10:28:07Z")

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I think it dropped out of the version, but should be configurable.  
Let’s resolve the other issues, and then I’ll add it back.

Bruce