Monday, December 21, 2009

Should the footnote go before or after the period in a sentence?

ex: should it be like





1. so joe schmo said this about that (foonote here).


2. so joe schmo said this about that. (footnote here)Should the footnote go before or after the period in a sentence?
If you are footnoting the entire sentence, as you seem to be doing here, footnote after the period. If you are footnoting a particular word, such as ';that';, footnote after that word and before the period.Should the footnote go before or after the period in a sentence?
Chicago Manual of Style recommends period then footnote mark:


http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/Punctuation/Punctuation16.html Report Abuse

before the period. But when in doubt, ask your teacher.

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