alt Hacker Newsyou wouldn't believe how many people cite that paper as "Wulf et al." when that's practically more characters than saying "Wulf and McKee"
I notice these things a bit more as she was my PhD thesis advisor
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SecretDreams • yesterday at 6:31 PM
et al should never be applied when only two authors!!!
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thaumasiotes • today at 1:34 AM
> you wouldn't believe how many people cite that paper as "Wulf et al." when that's practically more characters than saying "Wulf and McKee"
Wulf et al.
Wulf and McKee
It'd be interesting to see someone use the unabbreviated form; I have a hunch they wouldn't know to say "et alia".
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There's only two authors! That's so rude!