We concur that "The study by Kim et al" is preferable to "Kim et al's study." Because "et al" is plural and "al" is an abbreviation, just tacking the English-language possessive 's on this Latin construction is a bit awkward. It doesn't take much ...
The problems with “et al.’s” go even deeper. (1) “Et" is a whole word, but “al." is an abbreviation. “Al." can serve as abbreviation for the Latin neuter/masculine/feminine: alia/alii/aliae. They all mean “others." (2) While English forms the genitive ...
Shawn, You've gotten good suggestions from the others. I might just add that you can also say, "Kim et al. found that . . ." (leaving off mention of "the study", especially if you're trying to save words). As to having line spacing in the ...
The toolbar in Word for Mac is similar, but you can also use the menu at the top. If using the menu, go to: Format then Paragraph. This should bring up the same dialog box as seen on the Windows version of Word. This particular dialog box has been pretty ...
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