The "et al." device is used for the first citation and all subsequent citations:
A) to cite a source of a direct quotation.
B) to cite a source with more than five authors.
C) to cite an article with two or more authors.
D) to tell your reader that many experiments have found the same thing.

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The "et al." device is used in citations when a source has more than five authors, allowing the writer to list the first author followed by "et al." to indicate there are additional authors.

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