College Composition / Unit 27 CMP 0654 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Footnotes and Endnotes
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The idea
Chicago notes can be footnotes, at the bottom of the page, or endnotes, gathered at the end of the paper.
In practice
The raised numeral in the text goes after the punctuation of the passage it marks, and the matching note begins with the same number.
Where people slip
Use one kind of note consistently throughout a paper, as your instructor directs.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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