Endnote question -- see sub

Futurist · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:11 am

Some of the endnotes have "see sub" written in them, and I'm not sure what that means. One had "see sub 304" which referred to endnote 304, but most do not.

Am I missing something obvious here? I'm not well-versed on formatting rules for endnotes and footnotes, so I'm sorry if this is a silly question.

matthewbaldwin · **Joined:** Thu May 28, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 37

According to denisess in this thread:

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I think some of the notes are cited "sub." as a way of saying "more on this later, the details aren't important yet, they are more pertinent later." Same with other notes referring to "supra", meaning..."remember, we discussed this before?"

Matthew

JFD · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:20 am **Posts:** 16

matthewbaldwin wrote:

According to denisess in this thread:

Quote:

I think some of the notes are cited "sub." as a way of saying "more on this later, the details aren't important yet, they are more pertinent later." Same with other notes referring to "supra", meaning..."remember, we discussed this before?"

Matthew

Maybe everybody has this, but if not, it is easiest to remember 'supra' as being above and as 'sub' being below (remember your Latin roots?)—meaning before and after that particular spot. This is true generally without mention of any note number, but occasionally specifically if there is.

dws · **Posted:** Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:28 pm

It means that the information being referred to is after the first paragraph or so of the referenced footnote.

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