SC - Looking for Black Bread Recipie
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Tue Sep 12 10:27:21 PDT 2000
I was brainwashed early in life that footnotes were for bibliographical
references ONLY. If you want to explain it, do it in the text or in a
glossary. This mind-set has caused me some conflict over the years.
Selene
Lady Brighid wrote:
> I'd like to throw out a general question to the list on the philosophy of
> footnotes. What kinds of explanatory footnotes do you look for in a
> translated work? Do you think that any potentially unfamiliar terms
> should be footnoted, or only the really obscure ones? Are too many
> footnotes a nuisance?
>
> I would appreciate hearing what people think about this, since the
> purpose of footnotes, IMO, is to make the work more understandable
> and accessible to its readers.
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