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Q&A Using footnotes in fiction: children's book which can be enjoyed by adults

I would like to write a children's story which is appealing to both children and adults. However, the world in which the story takes place requires the use of higher vocabulary and slang (it is a r...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by writersam‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Two footnote numbering sequences

Inspired by this question, a more complex question: how can I have two simultaneous sequences of footnotes? For example, suppose I am translating a book. The book contains footnotes, numbered in s...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Position of Footnote on Page

This question isn't about a case that I have a problem with; it's just a purely hypothetical thing that I've been thinking about. Suppose you are writing a book or maybe an article for a journal. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Sam T‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using Glossary Instead of Footnotes (for translation/transliteration)

I am writing a technical report with keywords which are mainly English. I am using a Glossary at the end, which describes translated keywords. Is it a replacement for footnotes or I should just kee...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Mohammad Hedayati‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it fine to use link shorteners for research paper citations?

I'm curious about the "properness" of using shortened links (a la bit.ly or tinyurl) in research papers. I haven't been able to find any sort of definitive reference about whether or not this is ac...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Hendy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Our note in footnote of a book

How do I designate the footnotes that are mine inside a quote? I tried "our note", "note ours" and "remark is ours". Which one is the correct one and most commonly used? Or is there some other way...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Andriy Drozdyuk‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to use special characters in footnote numbering within Word

I'm using Microsoft Word 2016 for formatting my paper. I'm trying to use different footnote numbering sequences for the title page and main body. More specifically, I want to use special characters...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by ppp‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A The use of footnotes to translate foreign words in a novel

I'm writing a fantasy novel and one of my characters speaks in English, but sometimes utters single words in an ancient dead language, and I don't want to abusively use that language. For example:...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by vanity‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Why would a translator leave comments all over the translation?

The book Slapping the Table in Amazement: A Ming Dynasty Story Collection is: [...] the unabridged English translation of the famous story collection Pai'an jingqi by Ling Mengchu (1580–1644), ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by user3306356‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Footnotes for Translation purposes

I am writing a novel that includes occasional words or phrases in another language. If I use a footnote to provide a loose translation of the word and that same word appears once or twice more on t...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Theresa‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it acceptable to use many footnotes to share additional ideas?

I teach a course in remedial academic writing. The students should learn to write at the graduate level. Some of the students are ELLs. They tend to include many extraneous thoughts and ideas in t...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Village‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Adding links as foot notes

In my thesis, I have added some links as footnotes. I have seen it in some published papers also. But my supervisor tells me to not to add footnotes to them, but add citations. The links I have ad...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by vigamage‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it ok to use long footnotes?

In my text, I have a footnote (6 or 7 lines) that is meant to be an extra insight. It does seem, however, to be a bit large for a footnote. On the other hand, if I try to place it inside the text...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jak‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it a bad idea to use footnotes to describe new technologies in a science-fiction novel?

I am wondering if we can use footnotes to describe technologies used in a science-fiction novel instead of describing it by switching from an omniscient POV, that describes everything in a poetic w...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to use 2 footnotes in the same word?

I have this Paragraph and I was wondering if it's possible to do what is underlined in the figure (RED), or if you know how to do this in another way, let me know. Basically the "DOM.Element" is a ...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Loizos Vasileiou‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can a source be cited just to substantiate a claim, without specifically mentioning the author or the content?

For example, if I make the claim: "there are experts in the field that think X is fascinating." and if I insert a footnote source, like this: "there are experts in the field that think this way[...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by user3776022‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Footnotes when using in-text citation style

I have come across some documents (not publicly viewable) that state that footnotes (for the purposes of adding further information) are not permitted in an academic text writen using in-text citat...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by dbmag9‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Citing a footnote

I have a primary source whose editor often has editorial comments in his footnotes. There are occasions when I would like to quote these remarks, but I cannot understand how to correctly do this fr...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How often do I need to footnote a paragraph based on the same source

If I'm writing a paragraph that discusses a topic and the entire paragraph is based on the same source (assume the same page too). Do I need to footnote every sentence or would the first sentence ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by WebUserLearner‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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