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Rule "et all (et al.)"

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Description: et all (et al.)
Message: Did you mean et al. (=and others) or at all?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • In the recent paper by Shakespeare et all, it is argued that envy is not unique to primates.
    Correction suggestion: et al., at all
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ET_ALL [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)