Questions tagged [footnotes]
This tag should be used for questions about the usage of footnotes in writing, such as when citing something in a paper or using footnotes as a stylistic device in your novel.
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How to write a footnote for a source in Arabic?
Currently, my footnote looks like this:
محمد سهيل طقوشi, تاريخ العثمانيين من قيام الدولة إلى الإنقلاب على الخلافةi (Beirut: دار النفائس لبنانi, 2013), p.113.
However, there are a two problems:
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Converting a custom footnote to a continuous numbered footnote list
I have some footnotes that I am editing (on a Mac), which have cross-references to the footnote (so copying and pasting the footnote text into a newly inserted footnote is not really an option).
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Is Wikimedia Commons a credible source for images?
I am writing a paper about Operation Mincemeat for National History Day (I know that I should ask my teacher, but it’s due tomorrow, and school has already ended).
On Wikimedia Commons, there is a ...
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When you write a sentence using information from one source, and knowledge that you have, do you need to include where that information came from?
I am writing a historical paper about Operation Mincemeat for National History Day. I have never written anything in this format before, so I am confused. Also, citing sources incorrectly can get you ...
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When writing a footnote for a book that you’ve used separate pages from, should you include them together, or should you give them separate footnotes?
I am writing a historical paper about Operation Mincemeat for National History Day. While there is a rule book, it doesn’t clarify a lot of the little details.
Also, if you are supposed to include ...
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Is a grammatically truncated style for editor annotations to a volume allowed?
For a new edition of a 1953 book on architectural theory and history, we've made many annotations in the form of editor side notes alongside the main text, rather than as footnotes. The question ...
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How to deal with footnotes in cited sections?
When citing a section from another work, and that cited section has a footnote, how would you go about including the footnote in your citation?
Should I turn the footnote of the cited section into a ...
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Correct order in footnote citation for revised edition and volume details
What comes first in a citation that must include revised edition and volume details? Looking for CMOS guidance on this but haven't found an example that corresponds to my specific case. I've written ...
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Handling alternate spellings of a personal name
I'm dealing with a text that mentions several times the architectural historian Siegfried Giedion. A number of Giedion's books feature his first name as "Sigfried" and others as "...
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Can you have footnotes inside footnotes?
Let's take an example. Let's say I have the following foonotes. "Here, the author is making an indirect reference to the expression "(something) fighting" often used in esports."
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How do you introduce footnotes in a comic book?
How do you introduce footnotes in a comic book? Let's say one of the characters play with an electrical toy inside a bathtub filled with water. How do you add the phrase "This is dangerous. Do ...
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Best way to handle foreign language words and pronunciation guidelines when editing an autobiography written in English?
I am in the process of editing a handwritten autobiography given to me by a now-deceased Romani 'uncle', a family friend who was a display and set designer in Hollywood, New York and Chicago.
Here is ...
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How to cite an ancient manuscript, translated, in a volume of an edited collection (CMOS)?
I've run into a particular complication that I cannot find a detailed explanation for.
In general terms, I'm writing a paper in which I reference an ancient manuscript, but I'm using a translation of ...
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Can I use an asterisk or a footnote to add information about a word in Chicago style
I am writing a paper, and I was wondering if I could use an asterisk and dagger symbol to add a note in the footnotes section explaining a word in Chicago style.?
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Lola* and other ...
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More than one footnote for same line?
I am working on a price list. On the price list I have a column for the name of the model and a second column for a specification.
Currently I have an asterisk on each model. I also have a footnote (1)...
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