[bksvol-discuss] Re: question about indicating notes in text
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 17:35:13 -0400
Hi Chanelle,
You were correct in that the quotation mark should have been an asterisk.
However, I don't think you should move the note from the bottom of the page.
I scan a lot of nonfiction with footnotes that are either marked by a number
or an asterisk, or some other character.
I always end the body of the page by a line of three asterisks separated by
spaces. Then a line break followed by the note(s).
Someone, maybe Mary, will have to answer definitively if moving the notes is
permissible, but my vote is to not move them.
Deborah
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chanelle Allen
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:13 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question about indicating notes in text
Dear Volunteer list,
I was proofreading a book when I discovered that there was a line of text
followed by two blank lines and then another line of text which did not seem
to belong to the previous sentence. A page break followed the text. I
realized that the last text I saw was a note. Oddly, it began with a quote
whereas its reference further up on the page had a * at the end of a word.
After finding the sentence to which the note referred, I placed the note
after it so that the page flow would not be disrupted. A blank line was
inserted before and after the note. I also replaced the quote with a star.
Was the * meant to be some type of superscript that was not scanned
correctly? Remembering the recent discussion on the list and reading the
directions regarding footnotes in the scanning and proofreading manual, I
did not put begin note and end note in brackets. Was this correct? Or do I
need to put the whole text of the note, which is bolded, in brackets?
I am sorry for asking so many questions, and I hope that what I have written
makes sense.
Chanelle
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