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I'm using Natbib and BibTeX writing my thesis.

If I say:

\citet{key1,key2,key3} did something big.

I get:

Key1 Author (2014); Key2 Author (2011); Key3 Author (1900) did something big.

Is there a formatting command that might give me an "and" before the last reference? That it might look like this: 

Key1 Author (2014); Key2 Author (2011) and Key3 Author (1900) did something big.

I know that I can go:

\citet{key1,key2} and \citet{key3} did something big

but that kinda seems hacky. I was wondering if anyone knows some LaTeX magic that will make this work?

Thanks in advance!

Mico
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kleinric
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If you wish to make a full sentence with the subject noun consisting of three groups of cited authors, I think you should write

\citet{key1}, \citet{key2}, and \citet{key3} did something big.

Otherwise you run the risk that natbib's sorting algorithm will place the citation callout for key2 ahead of the one for key1. If the inverted ordering should happen to be the ordering you actually want, you should make sure it's done that way explicitly, i.e., by having three separat \citet commands.

Mico
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