Occasionally, a number between brackets or parentheses is used instead, thus:, which can also be superscripted. In English, a footnote or endnote is normally flagged by a superscripted number immediately following that portion of the text the note references, each such footnote being numbered sequentially. In some editions of the Bible, notes are placed in a narrow column in the middle of each page between two columns of biblical text.

Unlike footnotes, endnotes have the advantage of not affecting the layout of the main text, but may cause inconvenience to readers who have to move back and forth between the main text and the endnotes.

The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text.įootnotes are notes at the foot of the page while endnotes are collected under a separate heading at the end of a chapter, volume, or entire work.

For the usage of footnoting on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Cite sources and Wikipedia:Footnotes.Ī note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a chapter, volume, or the whole text.