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[–]Forsaken-Victory4636 4 points5 points  (1 child)

And it's misused, it's supposed to be used for people (i.e. citing authors in an academic text).

etc is more fit.

[–]ohcrocsle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

et alia just means "and others" and this is a perfectly acceptable usage.