[bksvol-discuss] Re: question about indicating notes in text
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:21:08 -0700 (PDT)
do exactly what Deborah does
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> From: Deborah Murray <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:35 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about indicating notes in text
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>
>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
>
>
>
>From:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chanelle Allen
>Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:13 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>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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