Footnote
text placed at the bottom of a page or at the end of a chapter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A footnote is a piece of information printed at the bottom of the page, they are used to give a small bit of information which expands upon what it is referring to.[1]
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They are marked with a "¹" for the first footnote, then a "²" for the second and so on and so forth. It is placed after the phrase¹ which is being elaborated upon, and before the footnote at the bottom of the page.
Footnotes help keep a page clear and readable, without going on tangents that break the flow of the sentence.² Examples of uses can be in books, websites or commercials.
¹ It may be a phrase or a word.
² They can also also be used to cite a quote.
- "Definition of FOOTNOTE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
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