Wait, there’s a nuance: MLA actually changed its mind a few years ago. Before 2016, you had to list every author for three, but now for in-text citations, you use “et al.” for three or more. For the works cited page itself, you list all authors up to two, and for three or more, you can use the first author and “et al.” It’s like the wild west of citation rules, but hey, it saves ink.
So if you have a book by Park, Kim, and Cho, your works cited entry would be: Park, Soo, et al. Simple, clean, and you don’t have to spell “Choi” for the thousandth time. Your bibliography just became a minimalist art project.
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The “And” vs. “&” Debate
Please, for the love of all that is holy, use the word “and”, not the ampersand (&). MLA is like a polite English professor who prefers full words over fancy symbols. So it’s “Jones and Lee,” not “Jones & Lee.” The ampersand is for business logos and punk rock band names, not your academic paper. Keep it classy.
